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THE OCEAN CITY. 



CONTENTS : 
How to get there, Description oj the City, Objects of Interest, 
Hotels and Boarding Houses (ivith their accommodation 
and rates), Cottagers, Public Institutions, Amuse- 
ments, Commercial Features, Walks, Drives, 
Excursions, etc. , Together ivith a Biography 
of its Prominent Early Settlers, and a 
condensed History of Newport. 

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How to Reach Newport 5 

Description of the City 19 

History of Newport 26 

General Notes 32 

Objects of Interest 36 

Prominent Early Settlers 45 

Churches 55 

Walks in, and around Newport 59 

Drives in, and Short Distances from Ne\\^ort .... 69 

Excursions to Noted Places near Newport 80 

Hotels — theu' Accommodation and Rates 84 

Boarding Houses, Rates and Facilities 90 

Cottaj^ers 99 

Amusements 105 

Commercial Features Ill 

Newspapers 114 

Public Institutions 115 

Avenue and Street Guide 118 



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CHAPTEB I. 

HOW TO REACH NEWPORT, 

Newport is at the south-western extremity of Rhode 
Island, in lat. 41 deg., 29 miu., long. 71 deg., 20 miu. 
It is one of the cai^itals of Ehode Island and the county 
seat of Newport county. Its poi^ulation at the last cen- 
sus was 15,693. Its visitors however are numbered by 
the tens of thousands. 

It is therefore of the first importance that in a guide 
of this kind, a succinct but i^laiu outline should be given 
of the various routes by which tourists may reach chis 
City by the Sea. As the two main points from which 
this large influx of visitors is gathered, viz.: New York 
and Boston, we propose in the following pages to give a 
descrixDtion of the route in each case, for other cities we 
shall merely give the route, hue of raih'oad and where 
connections may, and in some cases must be made. To 
give the reader a general idea where Newport is situated, 
must be our starting-point. 



8 LEE'S GUIDE 

Ocn^eryior' s Island is at the entrance of the East 
River and a httle over half a mile from the Battery. It 
is the property of the Government, and contains 72 acres 
of land. Upon its central siunmit is Fort Columbus, 
mounting 120 guns. Large quantities of stores and 
ordnance are kept here, and the fort is continually gar- 
risoned. A Httle to the south is 

Bedloe's Island, which with Fort Wood, erected in 
1841, completely commands the inner harbor. On this 
island is to be erected the statue given by the French 
people to America of " Liberty Enlightening the "World. " 

Brooklyn, on the opposite side of the East River, 
ranks among the first cities of the country, and its entire 
front is lined with warehouses, manufactories, etc. From 
the number of its places of worship, it has obtained the 
name of the ' ' City of Churches. " Numerous ferries con- 
nect Brooklyn with the metropolis and the river has now 
been successfully spanned by a bridge, a massive structure 
costing no less than 1^15,000,000. Passing; under the 
bridge we shortly come opj^osite the 

Navy Yard, covering an area of 45 acres. It is the 
largest naval station in the coimtry, and here are stored a 
vast amount of munitions of war. Here may be seen a 
number of gun-boats and ships of war, that did good 
service during the rebellion. From this point for a con- 



TO NEWPORT. 9 

siderable distance the river swarms Avith ships, tugs, 
barges, and ferry-boats, while on both sides of the river 
are immense foundries, sugar-refineries, ship-yards, etc. , 
until we come to 

BlaekwelVs Island. This island is in the centre of the 
East River, contains 120 acres, and extends from Forty- 
eighth to Eighty- third street. Ships of the heaviest ton- 
nage have no difficulty in passing the island by either 
channel. Here are the public institutions belonging to 
New York City; the fii"st building is the Small-Pox Hospi- 
tal, the second the Charity Hospital, the third the Peni- 
tentiary, sufficiently large to accommodate 1000 ^jrisoners. 
In the centre are the City Aims-Houses, fiu'ther north 
is the House of Correction, and at the north end of the 
island is the Lunatic Asylum. 

Jones's Wood, on the New York side nearly opposite 
the Aims-Houses, is a well-known resort for picnics, 
musical festivals and social gatherings. Passing Eavens- 
wood and Astoria we come to 

Hell Oate. This is a narrow passage in the East 
River where the channel makes two sharp bends in 
opposite directions among rocky islands and sunken 
ledges. The navigation here has been considered dan- 
gerous and many wrecks have taken i)lace; in 1852, 
however, some of the more dangerous rocks were re- 



10 LEE'S GUIDE 

moved by submarme blasting, aud sliijis properly nav- 
igated can now i^ass through Avith safety. Passing Leland 
Island, Hallet's Point and through the Gate we come to 
the Junction of the East and Harlem Rivers, this being 
the northern boundary of Manhattan Island, and in full 
view of 

Ward's Island. This island contains an area of 200 
acres, and here are several large buildings for Hospitals, 
Nui-series, etc. Here also is Potter's Field, a tract of 
69 acres, in which are interred the jDoor and unclaimed 
dead of New York. 

EandalVs Island is north of Ward's Island, and here 
is the House of Refuge, a home for juvenile dehnquents. 

Fort Morris is a terminus of the Harlem Railway and 
has a harbor 60 feet in depth; fui'ther north is Moriisania. 

Flushing is at the head of Flushing Bay, many wealthy 
New Yorkers have country residences here. It is also 
noted for its nurseries and seminaries. 

West Farms and Westchesfsr are on the northern side 
of the sound, sej^arated from each other by the mouth of 
the Bronx River; many very fine residences are to be seen 
at this point. Passing 

College Point, a German settlement, and JVJdtestone, 
the home of the Hell Gate pilots, we come to Throgg's 
Neck, 13 miles from New York. Upon Throgg's Point 



TO NEWPORT. 11 

stands a lighthouse 61 feet high. Here also is Fort 
Schuyler, built to accommodate 1250 men and mounting 
313 guns. Turning to the north we enter the open Sound 
passing Little Neck Bay on the right, Pelham Bay on 
the left, then islands of varying sizes im til we reach xVe?o 
Rochcllc, passing which we come to Hart's Island with 
an-area of 85 acres, and nearly opposite Hewlett's Point 
at the entrance to Manhasset Bay. A light-house has 
been erected here; it is also a life-boat station. 

From this point f oi-ward we are in the open Sound, and 
places of interest on either shore are not easily dis- 
tinguishable. The Sound is a beautiful sheet of water^ 
its length is 110 miles, and in width varies from 2 to 30 
miles. The Long Island shore possesses very few har- 
bors, and presents a very iuhosintable front to the sea- 
man. On the other hand the Connecticut side presents 
many safe harbors, into which any Aveather-bound sailor 
may steer his vessel and cast anchor. 

Long Island Sound is a great thoroughfare for coast- 
ing vessels; benig shielded on both sides, vessels are 
not subject to the fury of Neptune as he sometimes ap- 
pears on the Atlantic coast. Coming out of the Sound in 
the early morning, we i^ass Pishers' Island, Block Island , 
Point Judith, and glide into Narragausett Bay. This 
region is one vast array of summer resorts, every city 
and village claiming that title; yet to Newport they all 



12 LEE'S GUIDE 

r.ward the palm, aucl as we glide smoothly along the most 
beautiful of New England bays, we gTadually see the 
outUnes of the famous watering-place and before long we 
are alongside of the Long Wharf at Newport. 

Another route is by the 

STONINGTOrsT LINE. 

From Pier 33, foot of Jay Street, North River, every 
evening at 5 o'clock, taking same route as the Fall River 
Line to Stonington, where connection is made with the 
New York, Providence and Boston Railroad and the New- 
port and Wickf ord Railroad. The boats of this line have 
all the accommodations of the Fall River Line, and they 
claim that all fear of sea-sickness is avoided and also the 
dangers of passing Point Judith. 

Another route is by the 

NORWICH LINE. 

From Pier 40, foot of Watts Street, North River, at 6 
Po M. Same route as Stonington Line to New London, 
taence by N. Y. P & B. R. R. & N. & W. R. R., to New- 
port, or the 

Alvlv KAIL ROUTK. 

Leave Grand Central depot. Forty-second street, by 
New York and New Haven R. R. , going through Nor- 
walk, Bridgeport, New Haven, Saybrook, New London, 



TO NEWrOBT. 13 

to Wickford Juuctiou, connecting with the Newport and 
Wickf ord Railroad. 

BOSTON TO NEVV^POFiT 

By age, popnlation, business, Loth maritime and in- 
land, education, refinement and wealtli, Boston has for 
nearly two hundred years been the metropolis of New 
England. It is situated at the western extremity of 
Massachusetts Bay, into which empty the Charles and 
Mystic Rivers. It is the capital of Massachusetts and 
great commercial centre for Maine, New Hampshire, 
Vermont, and j)arts of Connecticut and Rhode Island, 
and is the model for America in educational institutions 
and social and political influence. Although it has lost 
its former commercial sujiremacy, it still ranks as the 
second American city in this regard, and is carrying 
through vast railroad projects in order to keep its posi- 
tion. It is V)uilt on a deep inlet at the head of Massachu- 
setts Bay, and favorably'' situated either for foreign traffic 
or for its vast trade with the manufacturing towns of 
New England. So the city has grown rapidly, its poj)U- 
lation of 30,049 in the year 1800, and 70,713 in 1830, 
having increased by 1880 to 362,535, with a valuation of 
$800,000,000. The cramped limits of the penuisula 
being too narrow, large tracts of land have been added 
by filling up the tide- water flats and coves, and by the 



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annexation i^ud settlement of neighboring towns In 
spite of its frequent flres and rapid changes, Boston has 
more of aEm-opean appearance than any other American 
C'ty; It has also a calm, cold, and resei-ved aristocracy- 
of old families. The only dh-ect line from Boston by rail 
IS by the •' 

OLD COLONY RAILROAD, 

Whose depot is on Kneeland and South streets The 
distance to Newisort is sixty-seven miles. 

The train leaving Boston soon crosses Fort Point 
Channel, and iims thi-ough South Boston and Dorchester 

Until Neponset is passed, the road nu,s through the 
southern villages of the Dorchester district of Boston 
The Neponset Eiver is crossed, and then comes 

Quincy, a lai'ge agi-icultural town, much of whose land 
IS m the estates of the illustrious families of Adams and 
Qumcy. In the Adams Temple, a plain granite church 
opposite the fine town-haU, ai-e monuments to the 
Adamses, while beneath the chm-ch the two Presidents 
of hat name ar-e bimed. A handsome gi-onite shaft, 
with appropnate symbols, was raised in 1868 in memoi; 
of 113 soldiers of Quincy, who died in the M^a.- for the 

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sion of ^e Adams family, the Quincy House being be- 
yond. Squantimi Point, between Quincy and Dorches- 



TO NEWPOET. 15 

ter Bays, was the home of Chickatabut, Sachem of 
Massachusetts, and of Squantum, the firm frieud of the 
Pilgrims, who, when djdng, desired Governor Bradford 
'to pray for him "that he might go to the EugHshman's 
God in Heaven." Squantum Point is connected with 
Boston by steamers, and is famous for its chowders, re- 
viving the memory of the olden time when, for scores of 
years, the Bostonians met here annually for a "Pilgrim 
Feast." Hough's Neck, not far f rom Qiuncy, projects 
into Boston Harbor, between Quincy and Weymouth 
Bays. West of the village are the high hills of Quincy 
and Miltt,:^,^ whence is obtained that excellent granite 
which is used for permanent works in nearly every 
American city. This range is several miles long, and, 
ill places, 600 feet high, and is nearly a solid mass of pure 
granite. The first American railway was operated here 
in 182G. Passing Braintree, a manufacturing village, 
we come to 

South Ih'alntrcc, which is the junction of the Fall 
River and Old Colony Railroads. The latter diverges 
from here to Plymouth, the landing place of the Pilgrims. 

Randolph, a town largely engaged in the manufacture 
of boots and shoes. 

Stoughton, devoted to the woollen and cotton industry, 
having a population of 5000 ; this town is also connected 



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by a branch road with the New York, Providence and 
Boston Raih'oad. 

North Easton and Easton, engaged in the manufac- 
tiu'e of shovels, etc. 

Raynhain. The surface of this town is level and the 
soil light. The Taunton Eiver forms its southern bound- 
ary. It was settled in 1650. and became a town in 1730. 
The first ii*on forge in America was set up here in 1652, by 
James and Henry Leonard, emigrants from England. 
The original dam at the forge still remains. On the 
banks of one of the Raynham ponds. King Philip is said 
to have had a hunting seat, and according to tradition, 
his head was deposited for a time in an old house, still 
standing, called the "Leonard House." The town has 
extensive manufactures of anchors, nails, shovels, boots, 
shoes, etc. Iron ore is found within its limits. Its 
population is about 2000. 

Taunton, the capital of Bristol County, is a large 
manufacturing town, the population of which is over 
21,000. Its manufactures are engines, machinery, 
cotton goods, etc. Passing Weir and the two Dightons, 
we come to 

iSomersety the home of extensive iron works ; a sub- 
stantial bridge has l)een erected here over the Taiuiton 
River, at a cost of $140,000; it is 3500 feet long, and 80 
feet in width. Passing Miller's Station we come to 



TO NEWPORT. 17 

Fall River, situated at the head of the eastern arm of 
Narragansett Bay ; it is a large and important manufac- 
turing city, and enjoys a rare combination of great water- 
power on the margin of navigable waters. The river 
rises in the Watuppa Ponds on the highlands, two miles 
east of the city, and falls 136 feet, in less than half a - 
mile.' Along this incline immense factories are drawn 
up like platoons in a marching regiment, built across the 
stream and resting on the granite banks on either side. 
Over $10,000,000 arc invested in these works, and 10,000 
persons are employed in them. The great article of 
manufactm-e is cotton cloth, and more spindles are here 
engaged upon that work than in any other city of 
America. Most of the mills are now run by steam-power. 
Large quarries of granite are worked in the vicinity of 
the city, and many of its edifices, including some of the 
factories, two or three churches, and the City Hall, are 
built of that material. The city is compactly built, and 
fronts on Mount Hope Bay, across which Mount Hope 
looms into view. On South and North Main Streets are 
the principal churches, the City Hall, Post Office, and 
hotels, and from the City Hall a gToup of parallel facto- 
ries stretches westward and downward to the bay. Its 
population is nearly 50,000. 



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The eastern and western divisious of the Old Colony 
Railroad unite near Fall River, run down through the 
town of Tiverton, and cross a narrow strait at Bristol 
Ferry to Rhode Island. The track runs dovm the 
western shore, and ends at Newport, 19 miles from Fall 
' River. The Fall River, Warren, and Providence Rail- 
road runs northwest from Fall River to Providence. The 
boats of the Fall River Line leave here every evening for 
New York, calling at Newport. 

Following our rail route we pass TivcHon, a noted 
Indian battle-ground, Bristol Ferry, Coal Mine, and 
Portsmouth Grove, and runs into Newport, a pleasant 
journey of 67 miles. 

Another route is by the 

NEW YORK .A^ND BOSTON RAILRO^A^D. 

Leaving Pleasant Street, foot of Common, the route is 
by Readville, Canton, Sharon, East Foxboro, Mansfield, 
Attleboro, Pawtucket, Providence, Greenwich and Wick- 
ford Junction. Newport may be reached from any other 
point, providing the tourist will make either New York 
or Boston their diverging point. From all points South 
and West, including Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, 
New Orleans, Chicago, etc.. New York offers the best 
facilities, and from all points East and North, including 



TO NEWPORT. 19 

the Cauadas, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, the 
northern part of New York and Massachusetts, the ad- 
vantages decidedly he with Boston. 



CHAPTER II. 

THE CITY. 

As the visitor steps to-day from boat or train upon the 
wharves of Newport, it is almost impossible for him to 
reahze that he has reached the most famous watering- 
place in America. Instead of the beautiful residences 
he had expected- to see, his eye rests only upon old and 
weather-worn buildings, standing like monuments to 
commemorate the spot where once a world- Avide com- 
merce found its home. He hardly needs to be told that 
Newport was once, with the exception of Boston, the 
most fiourisiiing commercial town in America. Every 
old building seems to speak in pathetic accents of the 
dead past. It requires only a shght effort of the imag- 
ination to make these old wharves groan once more 
beneath the load of rich freight, and to crowd these old 



20 LEE'S GUIDE 

warehouses again, almost to bursting, Avith ilie varied 
merchandise from lands that lie far beyond the swelling 
seas. 

Newi:)ort, however, is beautifully situated on a hill 
sloping gently to the harbor on the west. It was settled 
in 1639, city incorporated in 1784, and rechartered in 
1853. It is laid out with regularity; the principal 
streets run north and south, and are crossed at right 
angles. The ancient part of the city is compact; that 
of recent date is oj^en and tastefully arranged. The 
inner harbor is formed by the Town on the east, the 
Neck on the south, terminating in Brenton's Point; Goat 
Island on the west, with an opening to the north and 
also to the south-west. The outer harbor comprises 
that portion of Narragansett Bay lying between Bhode 
Island on the east and the island of Conanicut on the 
west, opening to the ocean on the south, and to the north 
rimning into Providence River. The entrance to the 
harbor is two miles in Tvddth, twenty-nine fathoms in 
depth, and only in one instance has it been closed by ice 
since the first settlement, in 1639. The approach to the 
harbor is so free from obstructions of every kind that a 
strange commander may enter in safety without the aid 
of a pilot. Vessels can enter and depart with any wind, 
and the united fleets of the world could here find safe 
and commodious anchorage. 



TO NEWPORT. 21 

Newport does not attract her visitors by her historical 
associations, though these are by no means uninteresting. 
Its unrivaUed climate, cool, moist and equable, tempered 
by the softeniug influence of the Gulf Stream, which 
here curves inland tiU it almost touches the southern 
shore, to be again suddenly deflected toward the east, 
after having wafted its genial influence on this favored 
spot; its flne beaches, equally adapted to driving and to 
bathing, its insular position, with an inland bay extending 
to Providence, afifording scope for smooth water or ocean 
sailing, all combme to attract the lover of scenery and the 
seeker for luxurious rest. No one ever seems to be in a 
hm-ry in Newport, but all are imbued with the spirit of the 
place, and anxious only to secure the gi-eatest enjoyment 
of the hour. 

Hence it is that not only are the hotels filled with 
people who come to spend a few days or weeks, Init tlie 
island is covered with elegant and spacious cottages, owned 
by the wealthy residents of New York, Boston and other 
cities, who have learned the delights of a Newport 
summer. They come early and stay late, and they come 
in such numbers that the summer population is more than 
double that of the winter. The owners of the cottages 
being people of wealth, and the island abounding in 
beautiful di'ives over smooth and level roads, visitors 



22 LEE'S GUIDE 

bring tlieir carriacges, so that Bellevue Avenue, at the 
fashionable hour, is a double row of elegant equipages, 
containing an array of beauty and fashion, not to be 
found elsewhere in this country. No tourist visiting 
Newport, however short his stay, should fail to partici- 
pate in one of these afternoon drives. 

The Beach, upon the east side of the city, is not sur- 
passed in America. Here the Atlantic makes an entrance 
into the land, forming a bay more than a mile in "«ddth, 
lined with a beautiful white sandy shore, and sloping very 
gradually to the water's edge. The scene here in-e- 
sented of hundreds of bathers, in fantastic costumes, 
sporting in the sm-f, is extremely interesting and amus- 
ing. A long line of bathing- houses are open for the use 
of guests at a small charge. Beyond doubt Newport 
stands pre-eminent among the watering-places of America 
as the most fashionable and most largely visited. The 
"style" to be seen upon a pleasant evening driving or 
promenading in the vicinity of the Ocean and Atlantic 
Houses, is not surpassed by Fifth Avenue, New York, or 
Broadway, Saratoga. 

Newport is unquestionably the most substantial of oiu- 
summer resorts. Its season begins early and ends late, 
and the number of permanent residents increases from 
year to year. Yet one cannot but wonder that the hotels 
have not been buOt nearer the shore. 



TO NEWPORT. 23 

Old Newport, lying near the wharves, has many narrow 
streets, bordered ^vith the houses of all-year-round resi- 
dents, many of which are mansions of "ye olden time.'' 
New Newport almost surrounds the old town, and 
stretches away to the south with a great number of hand- 
some villas and cottages. The bathing and boating at 
Newport are fine, the drives are varied and x)leasant, but 
the chief charm of the place is its balmy chmate. Dean 
Berkeley likened the atmosphere of Newport to that of 
Italy, while another writer speaks of the damp sea-air 
and equable cUmate as resembhng those of England. 
There are many summer visitors from the South and 
the West Indies, while the array of Uterary talent which 
gathers here yearly is quite attractive. Several of the 
ambassadors from Eiu-ope, with the nobles connected with 
the embassies, spend then- summers here. The feature 
of private cottages is largely developed, and hotel life is 
quite subordinate to it. In the vicinity of Newi^ort are 
fine fisliing grounds, where lovers of this sport will find 
abundant opportunities to enjoy themselves. 

The natural attractions of Newport are great, but it 
does not depend on these alone to engage the attention 
of strangers, who would while away a few summer days 
by the sea shore. On every hand are beautiful coimtry 
seats of every known and imknown order of architectiu'e ; 



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numerous hotels, and all well conducted ; libraries of well 
stored and well selected books, easy of access ; society 
composed of the leading men of the country, in all the 
walks of life ; stately matrons and dashing belles — all 
combine their attractions, and serve to make Newport 
the most desirable and jDopular of summer resorts. 

In localities where nature has done but little, fashion 
may have the sway for a time. Crowds may flock to a 
point that boasts of no charm but its ocean ^dew, or to 
the hot and arid sands bordering some inland water ; but 
the excitement cannot long be sustained. At Newport 
it is altogether the reverse. Here, those who come to 
pass a feAV weelvs are soon charmed with the climate and 
scenery of the island. 

The beaches are foiu* in number. Three of them are 
to the east of the town and have a south-eastern exposure. 
Together they form a continuous drive unequalled in ex- 
tent and beauty. The first beach is about a mile and a 
half long, and is the celebrated bathing beach of Newport. 
The water, tempered by the Gulf Stream, to which we 
have akeady aUuded, is milder than at other places on the 
shore, while the hard, smooth beach, gently sloping into 
the ocean, furnishes a safe and pleasant bottom of clear 
sand, free from rocks. To take part in the daily bath is 
one of the regular dehghts of a stay in Newport. 



TO NEWPOBT. 25 

Another is to visit the most inviting scenes, and the 
spots rendered interesting by their historical associations. 
Among the scores of natural and artificial curiosities 
which contribute to the charm of the place, may be 
enumerated the " Old Stone Mill," supposed to have been 
built by the Northmen several hundred years before 
Colombus discovered America ; Fort St. Louis, a quaint 
old ruin at the entrance to the harbor ; Fort Adams, one 
of the largest fortifications in America, situated on a 
point a mile and a haK southwest of the cit:y ; Purgatory, 
The Hanging Bocks, ''The Dumplings," and the Glen, 
wonderfully strange natural formations in the clifis along 
the shore, and in the rocks in the harbor; Bedwood 
Library, Touro Park, given to the town by Judali Touro, 
a Hebrew, who was born here, and the Jewish Cemetery 
and Synagogue, presei-ved through bequests left by him. 
The visitor can occupy days in studying these and other 
attractions of the i^lace, and in the pursuit will find infor- 
mation as well as pleasui-e. At no other American resort 
are balls, receptions, dinner and garden parties given 
on such a lavish and tasteful scale, and at no other place 
on our shores can such a perfect whirl of superb equi- 
pages be seen, rivalling in number and elegance those of 
Hyde Park and the Bois de Boulogne. The most beau- 
tiful and swiftest flying yachts that skim upon the waters 



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of the globe spread their white sails about its 
shores during *'the seasou." The grandest boats that 
steam over the seas of the world land tourists at New^Dort. 
Its site is matchless, its climate delicious, its bay glorious. 



CHAPTEE in. 

HISTORY OF NEWPORT. 

There is scarcely a doubt but that Leif Erioson was 
the fii'st Euroi)ean who landed on Rhode Island; return- 
ing to his native home, other ships were dispatched, on 
one of which the fii'st child of European parentage was 
born on these shores. The child was named Snorri 
Thorfinnson, and is said to be the ancestor of the famous 
sculptor, Thorvaldsen. In 1498, "England's Great Sea- 
man," Sebastian Cabot, visited these shores. In 1524, 
Verrazani, on the frigate Dauphin bearing a commission 
from -King Francis I., of France, visited Newport, and 
cast anchor in the harbor ; he stayed for several days, 
and his ship was visited daily by the natives, whom he 
describes in his narrative, as *'the goodhest people he 
had found on his voyage." The fu'st settlers, however, 



TO NEWPORT. 27 

sailed from Falmouth, England, on Friday, March 26, 
1602. The vessel was named the Concord, and was 
commanded by Bartholomew Gosnold. She carried 
thirty-two men, twenty of whom intended remaining as 
settlers. Captain Gosnold sighted land on Friday, May 
14, 1602; in a few days, the settlers landed on the 
shores of Cuttyhunk, then totally uninhabited, and it is 
an undoubted fact, that upon this island was made the 
first English settlement in North America. 

The Dutch navigator, Adrian Block, is said to be the 
first European to sail through Hurlgate, and noticing the 
red clay on the shore, he called it Eoodt Eylandt, the 
Red Island. The name Rhode Island thus comes dii-ect 
from the Dutchman, though at a subsequent date, the 
island, l^y order of the General Court, was called the 
**Isle of Rhodes," or Rhode Island, on account of its 
great resemblance to the beautiful Isle of Rhodes in the 
Mediterranean. 

Newport was laid out and named on the 16th day of 
May, 1639, the founders and first office bearers bemg 
William Coddingtou, Judge; Nicholas Easton, John 
Coggleshall, William Brentou, John Clarke, Jeremy 
Gierke, Thomas Hazard, and Henry Bull, Elders; 
Wilham Dyre, Clerk. Where the city of Newport now 
stands, three men stood in 1639, looking very downcast 



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at the prospect of bnilding a town upon a swamp. Some 
Indians api3roacliing in a canoe, they were asked how 
mnch they would take to clear the swamp, and seeing 
the large In-ass buttons on the coats of the colonists they 
offered to clear the swamp for the buttons. This being 
agreed to, the Indians set fire to the brushwood, and 
decked themselves with the buttons. The swamp was 
then cleared of timber and filled in with gravel and 
made sufficiently fii'm for building lots. The founders 
were assigned four acres for each house lot, and in 
addition Mr. Coddington was granted six acres for an 
orchard. The first street to be laid out was Thames 
Street, about a mile in length. The dwelhng houses 
were at that time all placed on the east side of the 
street, no one supposing the west side would ever be built 
upon. As a consequence, not much land was left; what 
there was has been utilized to the fullest extent, in the 
erection of warehouses, stores, etc., hence we have a 
very narrow street, which somewhat surprises the visitor 
on making his first entry into the city. New^Dort in the 
eighteenth century was at the high tide of its commercial 
importance. 

In 1729-31, Dean Berkeley gave a high literary tone 
to the town, and organized a philosophic society and 
scientific discussions. The harbor of Ne\^i3ort was forti- 
fied in 1733. The royal census of 1730 reported 4640 



TO NEWPORT. 29 

inhabitants in the town. In 1769, Newi)ort stood second 
only to Boston in the extent of its commerce, being far 
ahead of New York. At the time of the breaking out of 
the Revolutionary War, the population of Newport was up- 
wards of 12, 000. At that time (1 776) great numbers left the 
city, and there was a general prostration of business. It 
is on record that in 1774 there were in Newport no less than 
seventeen candle manufactories, twenty-two distilleries, 
five roi)e walks, three sugar refineries, and one brewery. 
More than 200 ships were employed in its foreign, and 
400 in its home trade. In many cases the freight was so 
large that goods could not be stored, although 3000 sea- 
men were employed in the trade. As many as eighteen 
ships from the West Indies are on record as arriving in one 
day. In the months of June and July, 1774, upwards of 
sixty foreign vessels were entered at the NewiDort Custom 
House, and in the same period, over 130 vessels engaged 
in the domestic trade, and seventeen in whale fishery. 
At this time also, there was a regular line of packets 
between Newport and London. In 1775, the British 
fleet anchored in Newport Harbor, and the British 
army quartered on the town to the number of 8000. 
Lord Percy commanded here until he was summoned to 
England to assume the dukedom of Northumberland. 
The Hessian Waldeck regiment (1500 men) formed part 



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of the garrison, and Admiral Howe's fleet wintered here, 
in 1777-78, retm-ning after its battle with D'Estaing's 
fleet off Point Judith. As a natural consequence, 
this was a death-blow to Newport's commercial impor- 
tance. Its ships fell into the hands of the fleet, its 
manufactories were closed, and its despairing and im- 
poverished inhabitants were compelled to fly to the in- 
land towns. The British remained in jDossession of 
Newport for three years, during which it was under 
martial law. On the evacuation of the city in November, 
1779, the j)opulation had been reduced two- thirds, num- 
bering less than 4000. 

Throughout the war, Newport was rudely handled and 
gradually demolished, until Brissot de Warville, visiting 
the place in 1788, said that it resembled Liege after the 
great siege. ' ' The reign of sohtude is only interrupted 
by groups of idle men standing with folded arms at the 
corners of the streets ; houses falling to ruin ; miserable 
shops which present nothing but a few coarse stufis, or 
baskets of apples, and other things of httle value ; gi'ass 
growing in the public square in front of the court of 
Justice; rags stuSed in the windows, or hung upon 
liideous women and lean, unquiet children." 

After this Newport was used for cartels between New 
York and the New England States, and many of the in- 
habitants returned, but being chiefly of the j)oorer class. 



TO NEWPOKT. 31 

only added to the existing distress, so that contributions 
had to be made by towns and parishes for the benefit of 
the sufferers, the State granting 160 cords of wood and 
£1000 sterling. Efforts were then made to restore New- 
port to its former commercial supremacy, but owing to its 
exposed situation, and the extended period in which it 
had been in possession of the British forces, this was a 
formidable undertaking, and Newport has never re- 
covered its status as a commercial port, or as a manu- 
factui-ing town. Up to the war of 1812, Newport 
gi-adually improved, and her merchants in some measure 
regained lost ground, but from 1815 to 1828, not a house 
was built within its limits and it was not until 1850 (75 
years) that she numbered as many inhabitants as she did 
in 1775. 

The population of Newport according to the last cen- 
sus was 15,693, showing that she is shghtly on the in- 
crease, but what a difference since the time (1774) when 
a writer in the Newport Mercury, after congratulating 
New York upon its healthy growth, ventured to predict 
that at some far distant future *'New York might rival 
Newport in commercial prosperity and greatness." 
Newport is known to-day, not for its "commercial great- 
ness," but for its unrivalled attractions as a summer 
resort, a City by the Sea. 



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CEtAPTEE IV. 

GENERAL NOTES. 

Newpoet, E. I., June 15th, 1884. — Newport is looking 
her best just now. The trees, lawns and shrubbery are 
arrayed in all their summer loveUness and are free from 
dust or dirt. The streets and avenues are in the best of 
order and everybody looks hai)py, as there is every in- 
dication that the season of 1884 will compare favorably 
with any of its predecessors. The watering-carts are in 
motion ; so are the keepers of hotels and private board- 
ing-houses. Applicants for cottages and for board are 
daily coming to hand, and cottage residents and cottage 
owners are arriving in large numbers. Barricades have 
been removed from cottage doors and windows, and the 
fashionable portion of the city is quite lively and pre- 
sents an attractive appearance. The new cottages are 
raijidly approaching completion and will be finished in 
due season. 

The real estate agents are more than busy just now, 
and they confidently predict the renting of all the houses 
before the 1st of July. There has been no redi^ction in 
the rents, all statements in the newspapers to the con- 
trary notwithstanding. 



TO NEWPOKT. 33 

The Ocean House will oi^en on the 26th inst. 
The proprietors, Messrs. John G. Weaver & Sons, have 
already rented many rooms for the season, and have no 
fears but that the season in a hotel point of view as well 
as otherwise, will be a pecuniary as well as a social 
success. 

The following cottagers have arrived and settled for 
the season :— Misses Ogden, Mr. F. C. Livermore, Mr. 
William 0. Ehinelander, Mr. Francis O. French, Mr. 
Samuel Wetmore, Mr. W. B. Wetmore, Mr. Edward 
Van Ness, Mrs. Henry Ledyard, Mrs. A. P. Woodworth, 
General J. Meredith Ptead, Mrs. Emmeline Dorr, Mr. 
John G. Hecksher, Mr. W. H. Osgood, Mr. Walter H. 
Lewis, Mr. W. M. Kingsland, Judge Peabody, and Mr. 
Elias J. Herrick, New York ; Mr. S. Horatio Whitwell, 
and Mr. Frank W. Andrews, Boston; Mr. George F. 
Tyler, Philadelphia ; Professor Wolcott Gibbs, Harvard 
College; Mr. Charles M. Bull, Brooklyn,, and Mrs. E. 
P. Bhett, Baltimore. 

Mr. Daniel Parrish, of New York, has arrived at the 
Thayer cottage on Bellevue Avenue. 

Mr. George Henry Warren's family, of New York, are 
at their villa on NaiTagansett Avenue. 

Mr. Richard Winslow, of New York, has leased one of 
the cottages near the beach, owned by the heirs of the 
late Charles Wheeler, of Philadelphia. 



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The Misses Kennedy, of New York, are at the Eiggs 
cottage. 

Mr. Eobert Lenox Kennedy, of New York, will occupy 
a cottage here this season. 

Dr. H. McKennell, and M. E. Hawkins, of Portland, 
Oregon ; W. H. George and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Eichard 
Winslow, and Mrs. J. H. Winslow, J. A. Sherman, and 
H. S. Cram, of New York; E. S. Singleton, and N. A. 
Matthews, of Boston, and Mrs. G. H. Nichols, of Brook- 
lyn, are at the Aqnidneck Honse. 

Mr. Nelson McStea, of New York, has leased one of 
the Livingston cottages on the Cliffs. 

Mrs. Gardner Brewer and Miss Brewer, of Boston, 
have arrived at Finisterre. 

One of the Pinard cottages, on Narragansett Avenue, 
will be occupied by Mr. Erank L. Sturgis, of New York. 

Lieutenant Commander Miller, United States Navy, 
and Lieutenant Logan, United States Navy, will sj)end 
the summer at Conanicut. 

Mr. Eichard J. Arnold, of Providence, has taken a 
cottage at Conanicut Park. 

Mrs. Frederic Chauncey, of New York, is the guest of 
Mrs. G. P. Wetmore, and Mr. Greene, of the same city, 
is the guest of his son-in-law, Mr. Augustus Whiting, of 
New York. 



TO NEWPORT. 35 

Mrs. Sarah Goelet, of New York, has leased the 
Bradford Cottage on Kay Street. 

All Saints' Chapel open for the season on Sunday. 

Mr. Ross R. Winaus, of Baltimore, has arrived with 
his family. 

Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Beach, of Hartford, Conn. , who 
have 'been abroad for two years, have arrived at Hearts- 
ease. 

Captain Barstow, United States Army, has arrived at 
his cottage on the east shore. 

Professor James H. Wilson, of New York, has arrived 
at his new cottage at Coddiugton Point. 

Mr. Roland King, of New York, has arrived at 
Coddington Point. 

Mr. William T. Richards, of Philadelphia, has arrived 
at his cottage on Conanicut Island. 

Mr. Thomas Lord, of New York is domiciled at 
Conanicut. 

The family of Mr. WiUiam R. Travers, of New York, 
are at their cottage on Narragansett Avenue. 

Mr. R. Colgate, Jr. and family, of New York, are at 
the Riggs cottage, on Catharine Street. 

Mr. John H. Inman, of New York, has arrived. 

The widow of Mr. Pinard has arrived at her cottage 
on Annandale Road and East Bowery Street. 



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CHAPTEK V. 

OBJECTS OF INTEREST. 

City Hall is atthe head of Long Wharf, and faces the 
Parade. It is a large brick building, built in 1763. 
It is by some called the ''Granary" from the fact that 
it was erected for a public market and gTanary. Previ- 
ous to the erection of the Casino, the upper portion was 
utilized as a theatre. It has of late been used as a public 
hall, while the lower portion is used as offices for the 
city officials; in this hall hangs the coat of arms of 
WiUiam Coddington, the fu'st governor. 

The State House is in Washington Square, at the 
opposite end from the City Hall. It is a venerable build- 
ing of fine proportions, built of brick with freestone 
dressings ; great taste being displayed in elaborating the 
front elevation. The building stands in an open square, 
and may be entered from three sides, the west en- 
trance being the principal. It was erected in 1742, and 
from its steps the Declaration of Independence was read, 
on the 20th day of July, 1776, by the late Major John 
Handy. The State House was used as a hospital, by 
both the British and French troops. In 1781, a splen- 
did dinner was given in the lower floor, in honor of the 



TO NEWPOBT. 37 

visit of General Washington. The lower floor is now 
used for meetings ; the north room on the second floor 
as the Representative Hall, and also for the United States 
Courts; the south room being used as the Senate 
Chamber. 

In the Senate Chamber there is a^ fine full-length por- 
trait of Washington, by Stuart, which was presented to 
the town by that great painter. 

The Old Stone Mill is one of the sights and curiosities 
of Newport. It stands in Touro Park bounded by Belle- 
vue Avenue, Pelham, Mill, and George streets. It is 
called by some the "Round Tower," by others the i' New- 
port Ruin." 

The origin and early history of the "Old Mill" is 
shrouded in mystery; and this fact, coupled with its 
peculiar construction and isolated position, has led to 
many fruitless conjectures. The antiquarian claims for 
it the honor of having afforded a seciu-e shelter to the 
Norsemen, who, they say, built it as a lookout. It is an 
ivy-clad, circular stone tower supported on round arches. 
More battles of the antiquarians have been fought over 
this ancient tower than could well be numbered, the 
radical theories of its origin being, on the one side, that 
it was built by the Norsemen in the eleventh century, 
and on the other that a colonial governor (over perhaps 



38 LEE'S GUIDE 

500 people), built it for a windmill in tUe seventeenth 
century. Verrazzani si)ent fifteen days in the harbor 
and exploring the land (1524:), but makes no mention of 
this tower; while on the other hand, it is certain that 
the early colonists never built in such architecture or 
materials as are here seen. The only thing in favor of 
the mill theory is the fact that Gov. Benedict Arnold 
(died in 1678) bequeaths it in his will as "my stone- 
built windmill." 

Ah'eady volumes have been written concerning this 
quaint structure, and volume upon volume must follow 
in the yeai's to come. The brain of the soberest historian 
reels as ne strives to pierce the mystery of its erection. 
We can never hoj)e to know surely who its builders were 
— whether it is a rehc of the old Vikings, a martello 
tower of the years between Guanahani and Plymouth 
Rock, or simply the "stone-built windmill" of Gov. 
Benedict Arnold. Why should we seek to know it ? 
Better the old ruin as it is; better than any certainty is 
the unique position it holds in American history. Wliat- 
ever its origin, it is now one of the great sights of Newport, 
and is carefully preserved by the city. 

Trinity Church is on Church Street, comer of Spring. 
This venerable edifice was erected in 1726, and was con- 
sidered the handsomest chiu'ch in America. The Eev. 



TO NEWPORT. 39 

James Honyman was the first rector, his salary being 
£70 a year, he died in 1750, and was buried on the west 
side. It was during the ministry of Mr. Honyman, that 
Dean Berkeley visited Newport. The Dean often 
officiated at Trinity Chiu-ch. Notwithstanding the fre- 
quent changes that have been made in Trinity Church 
since the day when the fii-st services were held within 
its walls, it still retains many of the featm-es with which 
those who built it were famihar. Upon its spire is fixed 
the crown which typified the sovereignty of Great Britain. 
Below the crown, the clock Jahleel Brenton presented 
even now holds an honored place. Within the church, 
*the organ Berkeley presented, and the pulpit from which 
the famous dean was wont to preach, still greet the eye. 
The organist tells us that his quaint instrument, after a 
hundi-ed and fifty years of service, still possesses some 
pipes of unrivaled excellence. A cro^vn surmounts it, 
supported by a mitre on either side. A huge, old- 
fashioned sounding-board over the pulpit^ and square, 
high-backed pews, with their seats facing in four 
directions, quickly awaken the mind of the visitor to 
recollections of the earlier days of the town. Sitting in 
one of these pews, when the mellow notes of the old 
organ are floating through the air, it is easy to fancy the 
church filled once more with the congregation of a 
hundred years ago. 



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Redivood Library, on Bellevue Avenue, between Red- 
wood and Beacli Streets, is the ofifsx)ring of a literary and 
philosophical society, formed in 1730, at the suggestion 
of Dean Berkeley. The society met weekly for debates 
and conversation, but they soon found it necessary to 
have a library. In 1747, Abraham Redwood placed at 
the disposal of this society, of which he was a member, 
£500, for the purchase of standard works in London. 

To give permanence and usefulness to his donation, 
Mr. Redwood enjoined on the society the duty of erect- 
ing an edifice, as a depository for such books as might be 
purchased. 

In pursuance of theu' object, a charter of incorporation 
was obtained in 1747, and the society in honor of their 
most liberal benefactor, assumed the name of the Red- 
wood Library Com2:)any. For the erection of a library 
building, £5000 were almost immediately subscribed by 
difierent citizens of the town. The hbrary building, 
which is a l^eautiful si3ecimen of the Doric order, was 
commenced in 1748, and completed in 1750. 

The King of England gave eighty-four volumes to this 
hbrary, and Dean Berkeley gave also a large number. 
After a time, such generous contributions of money, books, 
and works of art were i3oui'ed in from all quarters, that 
the old building was no longer able to accomodate its 



TO NEWPORT. 41 

ever-increasing treasures, and in 1875 its enlargement 
became an imperative necessity. The most prominent 
benefactor of the hbrary in these later clays was Charles 
Bu'd King. At his death he bequeathed to it real estate 
amounting in value to $9000, his valuable hbrary, his 
carefully selected engravings, and more than two hundred 
of the paintings which now adorn its walls. The jealous 
restrictions which once kept the general pubhc away 
from its carefully-guarded precincts have been removed. 
It is now a place of general resort, and a great boon to 
the reading pubhc. Strangers are allowed a free en- 
trance, and will find much here that wiU interest them. 
The number of books in the library is about 25,000. 

People's Library is over the Rhode Island Union 
Bank, 260 Thames Street, one of the finest business struc- 
tiu-es in Newport. It is under the management of a 
Board of Trustees, and contains nearly 25,000 volumes 
of some of the choicest works that have ever been 
wiitten, encased in bindings which astonish the beholder 
in a hbrary that is free and open to every one on 
introduction. 

Long Whwf is the oldest wharf in the city ; it was 
formerly called Queen-hithe, and it was here that the 
founders of the city used to land. Here, also. Dean 
Berkeley landed. It was on Long Wharf that General 



42 LEE'S GUIDE 

Washington landed when he came to meet his French 
aUies under Count de Rochambeau. It was afterwards 
used as a market place ; to-day a motley array of 
buildings encumber its surface, and on the south side is 
a Une of boat-builders' shops. North of the Long Wharj 
light row-boats pass to-day over submerged capstones. 
The merry oarsmen httle think of the tales of departed 
commerce those immense masses of granite tell. 
Through those great iron rings that ai'e sometimes seen 
in the depths of the clear waters, were passed the de- 
taining cables of many a stout ship ; and where the tide 
each day sweeps onward without obstruction, the 
products of many lands once lay piled in rich profusion. 
The Jewish Synagogue is ou Touro Street; it was 
erected in 1762, and up to the war it was regularly opened 
for service ; at that time there were not less than seventy 
Jewish f amihes residing in Newport, and many of their 
members were numbered among its most wealthy and 
influential citizens. It was the only place of worship in 
New England, where Hebrew was chanted and read 
weekly. Abraham Touro left the handsome sum of 
$20,000 in charge of the town authorities, the interest to 
be expended in keeping the synagogue and grounds, and 
the street leading to it, in good reiDau", and the wishes of 



TO NEWPORT. 43 

the donor have been carefully compHed with. In 1774 
there were 300 Jewish families in Newport; of these not 
a single descendant remains. 

The Jeivish Cemetery is at the corner of Kay Street 
and Bellevue Avenue, at the entrance to which is a 
massive granite gateway, erected in 1843, by Judah 
Tourb. Mr. Toui-o was a native of Newi3ort, and in these 
grounds repose the remains of his father and mother and 
other members of his family. The cemetery and the 
walk in front are kept in repair by a fund provided for 
that purpose through the liberality of Mr. Touro. 

Vernon Fainily Mansion, a typical specimen of the 
style of building erected by our forefathers, is at the corner 
of Clarke and Mary Streets. Its frame- work is of oak and 
in perfect order; this house was occupied by the British 
in 1776-9. When the French fleet arrived, it was made 
the head-quarters of Count de Eochambeau, and it was 
in this house that General Washington was entertained 
on his first visit to Newport. 

Channing House is on Thames Street, nearly opposite 
the Mercwy ojfice. It has an interest apart from the fact 
.that it was once owned by members of the Channing 
family. It was built by Jahleel Brenton, in 1720, and 
was occupied by his family as a town house. It was in 



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tnis building that Judge Haliburton, of Nova Scotia, 
was born ; and here, in later times, General Washington 
passed a night. 

Rogers High School is on Chiu'ch Street, — a beautiful 
structiu'e. It is named after the late WiUim Sanf ord 
Rogers, who liberally endowed it. 

The Armory is on Clarke Street, next building to the 
Central Baptist Church. This is the head-quarters of 
the Newport Artillery, an ancient and distinguished or- 
ganization. It was formed under a charter gTanted by 
King George II, , and is the oldest active military force 
in the United States. Its ranks are recruited from the 
best families, who hold the distinguished honor of 
forming the body guard of the Governor of Rhode Island. 

Washington Square is the principal square in New- 
port; on the south side, and only a few doors from 
Thames Street, is the house where Commodore Perry 
lived after the battle of Lake Erie, 1813. The occupant 
of the house at present is Mr. Gladding. To the left is 
a granite fountain, from which bubbles a continuous 
supply of pure water. 

Touro Park is on Bellevue Avenue, between Mill and 
Pelham Streets, and opposite the Channing Memorial 
Church. It is of small dimensions, but it answers the 
purpose for which it was intended. 



TO NEWPOET. 45 

The Mall, on the left of Washington Square, is a 
triangular piece of ground, containing about an acre of 
ground, and this open space was, until Touro Park was 
opened, the only place in the city where children could 
play and enjoy themselves mthout danger from passing 
vehicles. 



CHAPTER VI. 

PROMINENT EARLY SETTLERS. 

William Coddingtoii, the first governor, was born in 
England. He was a man of considerable influence, and 
of large landed property in his native country. He was 
named an Assistant in the Massachusetts Colony before 
he left England. In the records of the early days of 
Boston he is often spoken of as one of its princij)al 
citizens, and is said to have built the first brick house in 
that town. He became the largest land-holder upon 
Rhode Island, and was probably the wealthiest of the 
Newport settlers. 



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Williain Brenton was a land surveyor, and came to 
America in 1634 from England ; lie brought with him a 
commission from King Charles I., which allowed him a 
certain number of acres per mile on all lands he should 
survey in the New England Colonies. The tract he chose 
for his home in Newi)ort comprised nearly 2000 acres of 
the best land in the Colony. Brenton's Point, at the ex- 
tremity of which Fort Adams now stands, formed a part 
of it. In 1660, William Brenton was elected President 
of Bhode Island Colony. 

Admii-al Su* Jahleel Brenton, and Captain Edward 
Pelham Brenton, both of the British navy, and Sir Bren- 
ton Halliburton, long the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, 
were all descended from William Brenton, and were all 
bom in Newport- 

Dean Berkeley, although not strictly a Newport man, 
yet during the time he lived on Aquidneck exerted such 
a beneficial influence upon the community, that any 
guide omitting his name would be considered incom- 
plete. 

George Berkeley was born at Kilcrin, County Kil- 
kenny, Ireland, March 12, 1684. His father was Col- 
lector of Belfast. He came from a family noted for its 
loyalty to Charles I. Before he was twenty, young 
Berkeley had wiitten a famous book. In 1707 he became 



TO NEWPOET. 47 

a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. His unusual talents 
secured for him the acquaintance of the famous men of 
his time; his sweet and gentle disposition quickly won 
their friendship. 

In 1713 Berkeley accompanied the Earl of Peter- 
borough to Italy, as Chai^lain and Secretary of the 
Legation. Two years later he paid his famous visit 
to Malebranche, the celebrated French philosopher. 
In 1724 Berkeley was made Dean of Derry, with an 
income of £1,100 per annum. But new thoughts had 
found birth, and these filled his mind with visions of 
future usefulness. His heart was filled with the lofty 
and holy design of converting the savages of America 
to Christianity, by means of a college to be erected on 
the Island pf Bermuda. The design once conceived, he 
arranged and drew up plans with fiiU explanations, and 
solicited the influence of his friends to secm-e for these 
a favorable hearing Fully relying upon the support 
of his friends, though a man possessed of considerable 
worldly wealth himself, he resigned the Deanery, 
married a most estimable lady and a month afterward set 
sail for the New World. After a somewhat tedious voyage 
of five months he reached Newport, intending to sail for 
the Bermuda Islands after he should have recovered from 
the effects of the long sea voyage. Another account 



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says the Dean's intention was to make Rhode Island his 
destination; no matter which is the correct one, having 
once tasted the sweets of Aquidneck Ufe, he became so 
enamored of the siDot that he determined to fix his resi- 
dence here. 

The worthy Dean found in NeTV^Dort a society refined 
and elevated, whose pursuits were congenial to his tastes. 
With others, he soon formed a philosophical association, 
comprising the names of men distinguished in their day 
for their learning and liberaHty, and who ultimately laid 
the foundation of the Redwood Library. Very shortly 
afterward he piu'chased a farm of a hundred acres, some 
three miles distant from the town. Upon this yet stands 
the unpretentious mansion which he built. Whitehall was 
the name he gave it, the name of the best-lov^d residence 
of the King, for whom his ancestors had suffered so much. 
This house is not placed upon the summit of a hill, where 
one would naturally expect to find it, but in a valley. The 
Dean feared that the magnificent view the hill commands 
might lose its charm if seen too constantly. Not far 
away is Saclmest Beach. In a natural alcove, in the most 
elevated part of the hanging rocks which overlook this 
beach, Berkeley had his chair and writing-materials 
placed. Here he composed "Alciphron; or the Minute 



TO NEWPORT. 49 

Philosopher," a series of Platonic dialogues defending 
the Christian system. Here probably he wrote the noble 
lyric ending with the prophecy : 

"Westward the course of empire takes its way. 

The four first acts already past, 
A fifth shall end the drama with the day. 

Time's noblest offspring is the last." 

During his residence here he frequently preached in 
Trinity Church, and the puli:)it in that chiQ'ch is now the 
only one in America ever graced by the occupancy of 
that distinguished prelate. He continued here about 
two years, perhaps a little longer. He was certainly 
here as late as September, 1731, as appears by a supj^le- 
mentary inscription on the tombstone of Nathaniel Kay, 
Esq., which is as follows, viz : "Joining to the south of 
this tomb, lies Lucia Berkeley, daughter of Dean 
Berkeley, obit, the 5th of September, 1731." 

Finding the promises, upon which he relied, were not 
fulfilled, he settled his affairs and returned to Dublin. 
He was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in 1743, and died, 
full of years and honor, in 1753. It may well be ques- 
tioned whether any man ever did more in so short a time 
to form the society in which he hved. The genial, ele- 
vating influence of his presence in Newport was felt 
for many years after the gracious bishop had passed 
away from earth. 



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Abraham RGdivood, the founder of the Redwood Li- 
Vjrary, was a native of Antigua, and in religion a Quaker. 
He iukerited an immense estate, and was educated at 
Philadelpliia in the enjoyment of all the advantages that 
unlimited wealth could command. Very early in life he 
became a resident of Newj^ort He lived in a style of 
opulence becoming his fortune, mixed with the elegant 
simpHcity of a Quaker. His town house and country 
house were appointed with every refined luxury, and his 
munificence not only made his name famous by donations 
to public histitutions, but inspked a hundred private 
charities which made it blessed. He lived in Newport 
nearly seventy years, and died full of years and honor, 
March 8, 1788. 

Hon. Wm. Ellciiy, born at Newport, December 22, 
1727, graduated at Harvard, and followed a mercantile 
life, in which he was very successful; he eventually fol- 
lowed the i^rofession of law; he was for a time Naval 
Ofiicer of Newport. In 1776, he was elected to CongTess, 
and was one of the original signers of the Declaration of 
Independence; afterward he was apj)ointed Collector of 
Customs at Newport. 

Rev. James Hon y man was sent to this country by the 
* ' British Society for Propogating the Gospel in Foreign 
Parts," and brought with him as a jDresent to the church, 



TO NEWPOET. 51 

a valuable library of the best theological books of that 
day. Many of these books are still iu the possession of 
the church. Mr. Honyman served the society for 
nearly fifty years, and was instrumental of much good. 
In 1750, he was gathered to his fathers, and on the west 
side of the church-yard his tombstone may be seen. 

WilUaiii Ellery Charming was Attorney-General of 
Rhode Island, and held that office at the time of his 
death ; he was a delegate to the Continental Congress, 
well read in law, and interesting himself in politics, he 
rose to distinguished eminence. He was born in 1751, 
in the house now standing at the corner of Mary and 
School Streets ; he died at the age of forty, leavmg a very 
extensive i^ractice, and leaving .the reputation of being 
the leading counsel of the State. 

Dr. SUlcs was pastor of the Second Congregational 
Society of Newiwrt, at the time of the British occupation. 
Soon after his settlement he was appointed librarian of 
the Redwood Library, and his interest in that institution 
was unabated during his lifetime. 

The life of Dr. Stiles, durmg his residence in Newport, 
was marked by the most exalted love of rehgion, un- 
wearied assiduity, and a uniform regularity in all the 
walks of life. With Dr. Franklin he was intimate, and 
tiu'ough the influence of the latter the degree of D.D. 



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was conferred upon him by the University of Edinburgh. 
Dr. Stiles was subsequently elected President of Yale 
College, and died after an illness of only a few days, on 
May 12, 1795, at New Haven, Conn. 

Hon. William Vernon took a very active i)art in the 
struggle for independence ; the house he occupied still 
stands at the corner of Clarke and Mary Streets. He 
was president of the Eastern Navy Board at Boston. His 
services for years were given to the country without 
charge. He was a great friend of learning, and was 
api^ointed President of the Redv/ood Library on the 
death of its founder and first president. He was a mem- 
ber of the CongTegational Chiu-ch, and that body owe 
much to his liberahty. After the war, Mr. Vernon en- 
gaged in commercial pursuits ; his death occurring at the 
Mansion House, December 22, 1806, in his eighty- 
seventh year. 

Z>7". Isaac Senter occupied for a considerable period, 
a house at the corner of Parade and Thames Street, and 
opposite the City Hall; this house has been removed to 
Bridge Street. Dr. Senter was born at Londonderry, 
N. H., in 1753. He fii-st studied medicine in Newport. 
Dr. Senter soon became distinguished in his profession 
and for years he was a regular correspondent of the 
Royal Society of Medicine. His remains were interred 
in the North Biu'ying Ground, near the west gate. 



TO NEWPORT. 53 

Henry Marchant was born at Martha's Vineyard, but 
came to Newport when he was fom- years of age. He 
was a lawyer by profession, and at one time was the only 
dissenting law;}^er on the Island. He was elected a 
delegate to the Continental CongTess, and was one of the 
signers of the Confederation; he was afterward Judge of 
the District Court of Rhode Island. 

Oliver Hazard Perry was born in Narragansett, 1785, 
entered the navy as midshipman at thii-teen, and took part 
in the Tripolitan War. In 1804, he was promoted to 
second Heutenant ; in 1810, to caj)tain ; in 1811, he 
married Miss Mason, of Newport ; in 1813, he was pro- 
moted to the rank of commodore, and the command of 
the United States fleet on Lake Erie. After this vic- 
torious battle, he lived for some time in Washington 
Square, in the house now occupied by Mr. Gladding. 
In 1819, Commodore Perry was disi^atched on a mission 
to Angostm-a; while on this journey he was attacked 
with yellow fever and died. He was buried at Trinidad, 
but in 1826 his remains were brought to Newi3ort, and 
were interred with the honors due to his rank. On the 
west side of the Island Cemetery, is a granite monument 
erected to his memory, by the State of Rhode Island. 
On the four sides of the pedestal there are appropriate 
inscriptions, and at the base rest the remains of Commo- 
dore Pen-y and his three children. 



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Judah Touro was born in Newport, in 1775; he was a 
philanthropist, and a stannch patriot. When a young 
man he removed to New Orleans, and there acquired a 
large fortune. He served as a volunteer at the battle of 
New Orleans, and was wounded by a cannon-ball in the 
liip. In 1842 he erected the granite entrance and the 
railing around the Jewish cemetery at Newport, at a cost 
of $12,000. Though a Jew, he contributed generously to 
many Christian chui"ch eutei*prises. Toward the erection 
of the Bunker Hill Monument he gave $10,000. 

Newport is also the birthj)lace of General Nathaniel 
Greene^ and of the gifted painters Malbone and Qllbert 
StuarL Stuart made two copies of his great picture of 
Washington for Rhode Island, one of wliich may be seen 
in the State House at Newport. 

Did space permit, there are many of Newport's sons, 
whose names we could enumerate, who have won fame 
by their achievements in literature, in science, and in art, 
and by their matchless valor upon land and sea. 



TO NEWPOKT. 55 



CHAPTEK Vn. 

CHURCHES. 

Newport is amply supplied with cliurcli accommoda- 
tion. The chiirches taken generally are both commo- 
dious and elegant. The regular pastors are men of 
marked abiUty, but diu'ing the season the i3ulpits are 
more often occupied by eminent divines from various 
parts of the Union, some having quite a national repu- 
tation. 

TrinUij {Episcopal) Church is at the corner of Chiu'ch 
and Spring Streets. This is a timber structure, erected 
in 1726, and considered very handsome ; inside it has a 
very venerable appearance, pulpit sounding-board, 
square pews, etc. There has been very httle change 
since Dean Berkeley preached in it in 1729-31, although 
it was enlarged in 1762. The church-yard is planted 
with graves even to the walks and steps, and many of 
the early settlers are buried here. Eev. George I. 
Magill is the rector. Services, 10.45 a.m., and 3.30 p.m. 

All Saints' Memorial {Episcopal) Church is at the 
corner of Beach and Cottage Streets. Services at 11 a, 
M. and 5 p.m., during summer months. 



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Emanuel {Episco2')al) Church is situated at the corner 
of Spring and Dearborn Streets; it is a fine building, and 
the Church is in a flourishing condition; it was or- 
ganized in 1851. Rev. Robert B. Peet, is the rector. 
Services 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

St. John's (Ejyiscojyal) Church is on Poplar Street, 
between Washington and Second ; this Church is doing 
a goodwork, although placed in a worldug class neighbor, 
hood, in fact it is the only church in the district below 
the raUroad. Rev. D. Wilson Morgan, rector. Services 
at 10.30 A.M. and 7.30 p.m. 

Zion {Episcoj'yal) Church is on Toiu'o Street, south 
side of the Mall. It is a modern erection, with a Grecian 
portico ; it has the support of a large congTegation, and is 
in a flourishing state. Services at 10.45 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. 

First Methodist Episcopal Church is on Marlborough 
Street near Charles, and was erected in 1806. Rev. J. 
Hollingshead is pastor. Services 10. 30 a. m. and 3 p. m. 

Thames Street Methodist Episcopal Church is situated 
on Thames Street, at the corner of Brewer. Rev. Edgar 
r. Clark, pastor. Service at 3 p.m. 

African Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of Belle- 
vue Avenue and Kay Street. Rev. J. F. Cooper, pastor. 
Services at 10.45 a.m. and 3 and 8 p.m. 



TO NEWPOKT. 57 

First Baptist Church stands at the comer of Sj^ring 
and Sherman Streets and immediately in the rear of the 
State House. The society of this chiu'ch was formed in 
the early history of Newport, viz. : 1638. The present 
edifice was erected in 1846. Eev. C. E. BaiTows, D.D., 
pastor. Services at 11.15 a.m. and 3 p.m. 

Second Baptist Church is at the corner of North 
Baptist and Farewell Streets. It is built of wood and in 
the Gothic style of architecture; this society was formed 
in 1656. Eev. Frank Eector is pastor. Services at 3 
P.M. and 7.30 p.m. 

Central Baptist Church is on Clarke Street; it for- 
merly belonged to the Congregational body, and was 
erected by them in 1735. From them it was purchased 
by the Baptists, who have made considera]:)le alterations 
and improvements in the edifice. This society was es- 
tabhshed in 1847. Eev. W. Eandolph, D.D., is pastor. 
Services at 11.15 a.m. and 3 p.m. 

Shiloh BaiMst Church {colored) is at the corner of 
Mary and School Streets, and occupies what used to be 
the school house of Trinity Church ; organized in 1864. 
Eev. Henry N. Jeter, pastor. Services, 10.45 a.m. and 
8.15 p.m. 

United Congregational Church is at the corner of 
Spring and Pelham Streets; it is a large buUding of free- 



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stone, and seats 1000 ; was organized in 1833. Kev. F, 
F. Emerson, pastor. Services, 10.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. 

Union Congregational Church is on Division Street, 
between Church and Mary; organized 1824; present 
edifice built in 1871. Kev. M. Van Home, i3astor. 
Services at 4 and 8 p.m. 

Unitarian Church {Channing Memorial) is on Pel- 
ham Street, opposite Toiu'o Park, and is a fine edifice. 
This society was organized in 1835. The present edi- 
fice was completed in 1881, aoid was erected in memory 
of William EUery Channing. Kev. Charles W. Wendte 
is pastor. Service at 10.45 a.m. 

Roman Catholic Church is on Spring Street, comer 
of Levin. It is Gothic in style, and built of freestone. 
Rev. Philip Grace, j)riest. Services at 10.30 a.m. and 

8 P.M. 

Friends' Meeting House is on Marlborough Street, 
near West Broadway. This building is said to have been 
erected as early as the year 1700 ; the records of the 
Society of Friends date back in Rhode Island to 1643. 
Services at 10.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. 

Ancient Society of Friends, established 1643 ; place 
of worship, Mann Avenue. 

Jewish Synagogue is on Touro Street ; built in 1763. 
Rev. A. P. Meudes, rabbi. Sei-vices, Friday, at sunset, 
and Satiu'day, at 9 p.m. 



TO NEWPOKT. 59 



CHAPTEE Vin. 

WALKS. 

Newport will vie with any city in the Union, in the 
number of its pleasant and attractive walks, and the 
visitor can find ample opportunities for exercise. One 
of the pleasantest walks is, taking the State House as a 
starting point, to go along Touro Street to BeUevue 
Avenue, till Bath Eoad is reached ; this road will take 
the visitor direct to 

Easton's Beach, the whitest, grandest ocean-platform 
in the land. The great Atlantic rolls to one's very feet, 
and bowing in a cloud of foam, pays a majestic homjlge 
to "The City by the Sea." 

The Beach, to the seeker of health and pleasure, is of 
course an object of interest which we must not overlook. 
There are three fine beaches, called "Easton's," 
"Sachuest," and "Smith's." Easton's is the nearest, 
and the one generally used by the majority of bathers. 
This beach is not more than half a mile from the leading 
hotels, and less than a mile from the State House ; to 
those who decline to walk even that distance, there is 
ample provision in the shape of stages, which ply regu- 
larly to and fro. Easton's Beach extends a mile in 



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length, composed of smooth white sand, fringed with 
mosses and shells. It is dotted with bathing-houses in 
the bathing season, and offers facihties for enjoying the 
siu'f, not excelled by any beach in this country. It is 
so situated that there is no danger from under-currents, 
the water being shallow for some distance seaward, 
while breakers follow each other in majestic succession. 
A most interesting sight presents itself each day as the 
merry bathers, clad in unique and fantastic costumes, 
sport themselves in the suii. Ringing laughter and 
happy voices, with an occasional scream from some 
timid maiden, render the aii* resonant and the sight 
singular and amusing. Wlien the red flag is displayed, 
gentlemen are allowed to bathe without costume ; when 
the white flag is displayed, bathers must wear costume. 
Supposing you do not care to bathe, but are out for a 
walk, you will find nothing more deHghtful than a walk 
on the Newport beaches. 

Any time from June to September, these walks are 
enjoyable. Long absent friends have retui-ned to hear 
again the surf breaking on the shore, and strangers, too, 
by thousands ai'e here sojoiu-ning, who are prepared to 
participate in all that has the charm of novelty and to 
embrace every means calculated to relax the mind and 
strengthen the body. 



TO NEWPORT. 61 

Continuing along the beach, and crossing the creek, 
which connects Easton's Pond with the ocean, you cross 
the neck of land that divides the two beaches. The dis- 
tance is about one mile. 

Sachuest Beach is a perfect race-course, and it is only 
the hardy bathers who venture into the surf ; the 
breakers here are very heavy and difficult to cope with. 
The hours of low tide are the favorite times for bathing 
here. At the west side of this beach is' 

Purgatory. The general impression is that the rock 
at this point was divided by some sudden upheaving of 
the earth. Others have exj)ressed the opinion that it 
resulted from the washing of the ocean at an early period 
in the world's history. 

By actual measurement, the chasm is one hundred and 
sixty feet in length; width at top, from eight to fourteen 
feet; width at bottom, from two to twenty-four feet; depth 
at the outer edge, fifty feet; depth of water at low tide, 
ten feet. 

One side of Purgatory is much higher than the other, 
and a few persons have been so daring as to leap across it. 
Two legends are connected with Purgatory. One is that 
the Devil once rewarded a sinning squaw for her mur- 
derous deeds, by throwing her down into the gulf. The 
foot-prints of His Majesty being still visible in the rock, 



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and some go so far as to point out the spots of her blood 
along the bluff. The other story is of a maiden who put 
the affections of her lover to the test, by requu'ing him 
to leap across the oj)ening in the rock from the point 
where they stood; declaring that if he did not confirm his 
vows of love by this act, he should never wed her. Other 
stories of later date, attach to Purgatory, but the origin 
of its name does not transpu-e. Opening off Sachuest 
Beach, is a verdant valley adorned with cottages, called 
Paradise, and near it is a mass of rocks and upheaved 
boulders called Paradise Lost. 

Passing the second beach, we are on Sachuest Point, 
the extreme south-east of the Island. The waters on the 
left flow from Mount Hope Bay, and make the East Kiver. 
This is a great rendezvous for fishermen, and where large 
quantities of fish are caught. 

The Thu-d Beach is a long, quiet, and sequestered Une 
of sand, above which are the 

Hanging Rocks, where, in a sheltered natural alcove. 
Dean Berkeley loved to sit, and look out over the wide 
sea, and wi'ite down his meditations. 

From this point, there is a glorious view, having feasted 
upon which, we will retrace our steps, retui-ning by the 
same route, or a change may be made and return by 
Broadway; either way will bring us to our starting- 
point, the State House. 



TO NEWPOKT. 63 

Another pleasant walk is to start from the State House, 
in front of which is the Parade, a beautiful square, 
bordered on the north by a row of fine old-fashioned 
houses, and on the south by the trees in the Mall. The 
street leading from it to the north is Broadway, and 
connects with the main road. Portions of Broadway 
are shaded by a fine growth of elms, which, in some places, 
nearly meet overhead. Turning to the left on Washing- 
ton Square, we come to Commodore Perry's residence ; 
a httle further to Clarke Street, with the Central Baptist 
Church and the Armory ; then to the Mall, a small park, 
with a fountain at its base ; j)assing Spring Street, we 
turn up Touro Street, and j)ause to look at the Jewish 
Synagogue ; turning along School Street, we come to the 
corner of Mary Street, where stands the venerable Ver- 
non mansion ; a httle fiu'ther, at the corner of Church 
and Spring Streets, is the celebrated Trinity Church; 
turning up Spring Street, we pass the Kay Chapel, and 
at the corner of Bellevue Avenue, the Kedwood Library, 
a block below which is, the Jewish Cemetery at the cor- 
ner of Kay Street ; this street is named after Nathaniel 
Kay, a prominent man in Newport 150 years ago. Kay 
Street is of ample width, the walks being shaded by orna- 
mental trees. The buildings— all erected within a few 
years— stand back from the street, and many of them are 



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large and handsome. The new cottages on the right of 
Kay Street are of the most modern style, and are fair 
specimens of the taste of architects from all parts of the 
country. The Governor Lawrence property, is covered 
with most elegant and tasteful houses. Turning up 
Bellevue Avenue, we pass some of the handsomest 
cottages to be sefen. Passing the Newport Reading 
Room on one side, the Redwood Library on the other, 
we shortly come to Toui'o Park, with its interesting rehc, 
the Old Stone Mill, opposite to which is the Channiiig 
Memorial Church ; we stop to admire the beautiful archi- 
tecture, and the wonderful stained-glass windows, a 
marvel of crystal-colored handi-work. Continuing along 
Bellevue Avenue, we come to Bath Road which leads to 
Easton's Beach, at the comer of which stands the Travers 
Block. A little fiu'ther on, the Casino, which occupies 
several acres of ground, fui'nishing the j^lace and the 
means for entertainment and pleasure, while the stores 
below are filled with the finest goods for the supply of the 
many visitors duiing the season. Next to the Casino is 
the Ocean House, and nearly opposite the cottage of 
James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald. 

On both sides stand the summer homes of wealth. 
Here a stately pile of stone, there a picturesque cottage, 
both surrounded by well-kept lawns, shady nooks, and 



TO NEWPORT. 65 

opening flowers. Every place stands by itself, original 
in plan, and rightly claiming its identity. But Bellevue 
Avenue does not contain all the magnificent residences. 
From the avenue lead many streets, less grand it is 
true, yet claiming a goodly number of beautiful cottages. 
We will therefore tiu-n ux) Narragansett Avenue, at the 
corner of which is the unique cottage of C. C. Baldwin, of 
New York ; on this avenue, IniUdings have sprung up on 
every hand, and one who knew this section a few years 
ago, would hardly recognize it now. Following this 
avenue, we come to a noted spot, the 

Forty Steps, at the foot of Narragansett Avenue ; here 
we can descend to the shore, and at low tide may 
wander curiously below the cliff at the water's edge. Still 
farther south and west is the south beach. By a happy 
law or prescriptive right, there is a pathway always left 
open for foot passengers along the margin. Pleasant 
afternoons and evenings, this path winding along the 
rocky margin, and bordered on the land side with the 
neat lawns of the cottages, is the resort for old and young, 
and forms no small attraction. We can return by way 
of the Beach and Bath Boad, or proceed along the Beach 
to Buggies Avenue. 

Ochre Point, is at the corner of Buggies Avenue, and 
here stands the large and handsome cottage of Pierre 
Lorillard, of New York ; coming down Buggies Avenue 



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we can retiu'u by Belleviie Avenue or Spring Street, 
either of which will bring ns in a direct line to our 
starting-point, the State House. 

Another very interesting walk, though not through 
such an aristocratic district, is to start from the State 
House going along Farewell Street ; on oiu- left after 
crossing Marlborough Street is the First M. E, Church, 
and on our right the Friends' Meeting House. This is 
an old building, said to have been erected in the year 
1700 ; not far from this is an old burial-ground, where 
are buried many of the earhest colonists and theii- 
governors. A Httle further on, and on oui* left is the 
Second Baptist Church. Passing Warner Street and 
gohig on Long Lane, we come to the Cemetery. 

A cemetery is always an object of interest to the 
stranger as well as the resident, thoughfrom different 
f eehngs and different j)oints of view. The one resorts to 
its quiet haunts to read over again the changeful chapters 
in his own past life, and to recall memories of absent 
mates and friends; while the other finds there curious 
hints and histories of the people among whom his interests 
and symi^athies are, for the moment, cast. Leaving the 
cemetery and crossing the Old Colony Railroad at 
Walnut Street, it takes us to Washington Street. At the 
northern extremity of Washington Street, Fort Greene is 



TO NEWPOKT. 67 

situated; and from this point a beautiful prospect opens^ 
and one may long enjoy the view of the Bay and the pro- 
jecting points of land. Passing along this street, two 
blocks will bring us to Poi^lar Street, where stands St. 
John's Episcopal Chiu'ch; two blocks more will bring us 
to Bridge Street, and the Hunter House, another of the 
old-fasTiioned buildings, so characteristic of Newport; the 
house receives its name from Dr. Hunter, who was a 
Scotch physician of high respectability. He was edu- 
cated at Edinbm-gh, but settled in Newport many years 
prior to the Revolution. In the year 1756 he delivered 
in this city, the first course of anatomical lectui-es ever 
given in this country. It was in this house that the 
Chevalier De Temay breathed his last. 

Passmg the steamboat landing of the Fall River Line, 
and crossing the Old Colony Raih'oad track, we come to 
Long Wharf; to any one of an imaginative tiu-n of mind, 
this wharf wiU remind him of stirring scenes from one 
to two hundred years ago. Passing along the Wharf 
to Thames Street, we come dkectly in front of the City 
Hall, or by some called the Granary, from the fact of its 
being originally built for a market. Tui-ning along 
Thames Street, which is the main business thoroughfare 
of NeAvport, we see many buildings which forcibly remind 
us of the time when Newport was the second commercial 



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port iu this country. At the comer of Church Street 
stands the house once occupied by the Rev. James 
Honyman, rector of Trinity Church, who died in 1750. 
At the corner of Mill Street we pass the People's Library, 
free to all, at the corner of Pelham the United States 
Hotel; a little further on is the Post Office and Custom 
House, opposite which is the Commercial Wharf. 

Passing the Channing House and the Newport Mer- 
cury office, we come to the M. E. Chui-ch, at the comer 
of Brewer Street ; a Uttle f lU'thgr on is Wellington Avenue ; 
we can turn on that avenue which overlooks the harbor, 
and watch the panorama of boats passing and repassing. 
On a summer's afternoon the harbor is enlivened by 
hundreds of these gaily painted boats, then' snow-white 
sails spread to the breeze, and their gaudy colors marked 
clear and defined against the sky. Or we can continue 
our walk along Thames Street, to the Polo Grounds; 
crossing Bateman Avenue, we turn down Spring Street. 
At the comer of Dearborn Street, we pass Emanuel's 
Episcopal Church, at Levin Street the Roman Cathohc 
Church, at Pelham Street the United Congregational 
Chui'ch, at Maiy Street the Union Congregational Church. 
Passing several other interesting objects on our route, we 
are soon where we started from, the State House. 



TO NEWPORT. 69 



CHAPTEE IX. 

DRIVES. 

The drive par excellence is of course, Bellevue Avenue. 
Here may be seen, any afternoon in the season, hundreds 
of the finest equipages to be seen on the globe; it is one 
continuous whirl, carriage after carriage, of some of the 
wealthiest men in America, and to see the liveries of their 
servants, or the heraldic designs on then* panels, one 
can scarcely realize that he is in America, where it 
is considered the proper thing to sneer at such emblems. 
Bellevue Avenue is the most celebrated of streets; fronting 
on this avenue, are the residences of men known through- 
out the Union for their philanthropy, wealth, or genius. 
This avenue is two miles long, and is almost lined from 
one end to the other, with elegant mansions and charm- 
ing villas, the one great artery of summer wealth, a 
conservative, truly aristocratic close coi-poration of resi- 
dences. It is eighty feet wide, macadamized, and is pro- 
nounced the best road for driving in the country. Ocean 
Avenue is a continuation of Bellevue Avenue ; it is a 
beautiful drive of ten miles, on a macadamized road 
eighty feet wide; running around the whole southern 
shore of the Island, and from which, an unobsti-ucted view 



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of the ocean for nearly the eutu-e length is obtained. It 
winds gracefully over hill and dale, following the inden- 
tations of the sea, and everywhere, within a few rods of 
the surf, its banks fringed with stunted sj)ruce, golden 
rod, hardhack, and the primrose ; and while the carriage, 
wheels on one side are scarcely raised above the level of 
ponds covered with snowy lihes, on the other they are 
often wet with the surf that breaks on the shingle. The 
aroma of the lihes and the pungent odor of the rock- weed 
on the shore are mingled with the breath of the sea, and 
anon we catch the fragrance of the wild violets and the 
sweet-briers that find a footing in the chfts of the rocks. 
At the end of Bellevue Avenue is Land's End, and the 
line of rocks in front is CoggeshalVs Ledge. The sight to 
be obtained here is well worth the trouble of moimting 
the ledge, to gaze upon the open sea that is ever dashing 
against these submerged rocks. Continuing our drive 
along Ocean Avenue we pass Almy''s Pond on the right 
Bailey's Beach on the left, and presently come to the 

Spouting Cave. This is a deep cavern, running from 
the sea into the rocky cliffs, and is quiet enough in or- 
dinary weather ; but after a southeast storm the waves 
rush madly in and dash through an opening in the roof, 
sometimes to the height of fifty feet. The view from the 



TO NEWPOKT. 71 

cliffs above is considered one of the finest that Newport 
affords. Passing Rock Farm Oulley and the cottage of 
R. M. Gushing, of New York, on the left, we come to 

Lily Pond: This is a favorite spot and the largest sheet 
of spring water on the Island. The waters of Lily Pond 
are famous for perch, great numbers of which are taken 
by the angler an hour before and after dusk. Opposite 
Lily Pond to sea- ward is 

Gooseberry Island, with its groups of stunted sumacs 
and its barriers of dark rocks, yet a finer sea-view— lit 
up, as it is, moreover, by the ever truly fairy-hke spectacle 
of ships gliding under sail over the waters— the eye can 
rarely witness. Continuing along the beach, and in full 
view of the Atlantic Ocean we pass 

Cherry Neck and Price's Neck. Then comes a long, 
picturesque stretch of rocky scenery, a black frontispiece 
fringed with sparkling water, for there is <* water, water, 
everywhere. " The old ocean casts up its treasures, and 
the sunhght gives all a permanent blessing, continuuag 
our drive past Newpo t Pock, we come to 

Graves Point, so named from the graves of two un- 
known men who were there washed ashore. 



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Passing Black Rock we come io Brenton's Point) 
here the rock extends a considerable distance into the sea, 
its entire length traced by the breakers that continually 
tumble over the higher points. About three miles from 
this point rides the life-boat, 

BrentoJi's Beef, rocked incessantly by the heaving 
billows of the Atlantic Ocean, at one time soothed by 
their gentle caresses, as the infant in its cradle is lulled 
to repose by the tender hand of its mother, at another 
tossed wildly about by the raging tempests when the 
demons of storm hold high carnival upon the ocean ; in 
summer a pleasant refuge from the scorching breezes 
that sweei3 over the land ; in winter a dreadful f)rison, 
whose thick walls of oak are often cased with thicker 
walls of ice ; always, in summer breezes and winter 
storms, ahke hailed with delight by the homeward-bound 
mariner. On a fine day, fi'om Brenton's Point can be 
seen Point Judith and Block Island, some thii'ty miles 
distant. Continuing, we pass Pirate's Cave, Collins' 
Beach, Ragged Point, and Ramshead, till we come to 

Castle Hill; the rising ground to the right is sur- 
mounted by a rampart that once was garrisoned, but now 
it can scarcely be distinguished from the inequalities of 
the surrounding earth. At the base of Castle Hill 
Rocks, the water is thu'ty fathoms in depth, and during 



TO NEWPORT. 73 

the spring aud fall is a great resort for fishermen ; at all 
times this is a fine place to watch the breakers roll in. 
From this point we pass several farms and villas, notably 
the cottage of A. A. Low, of Brookljoi, only a short dis- 
tance from which stands a dark house with brick ends. 
It is all that remains of one of the most noted dAvellings 
in the early history of the Island. It was built by 
Governor William Brenton, who then owned nearly the 
whole Neck. From tliis xjoint we drive to 

Fort Adams. This is said to be the largest fort, 
excepting Fortress Monroe, in the United States. It 
was commenced in 1814:, and was not completed until 
1860, at a cost to the Government of several millions of 
dollars. It is capable of mounting 468 guns of the 
heaviest caUbre, and has garrison accommodation for 
3000 men. It may be visited at aU hours of the day, 
and wUl well repay inspection. The diive along the 
shore of the bay, at this point, is delightfully pleasant. 
Entering the main work we are at once on the parade 
ground; this is eleven acres in extent. In summer 
when the trooi)s are stationed here, their band plays on 
Tuesday and Friday, at 6 p.m., for an hour. At such 
times the vehicles of visitors drive round and round the 
square, an endless chain, in the centre of which the band 
pand is stationed filling the air with delightful music, 
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Brenton^s Cove, from whence a beautiful view of the 
city may be obtained, and also of 

Newport Harbor. Those who would view it from the 
finest point, should spend some httle time at this elevation. 
To the north the waters of the Bay are seen reaching 
far inland, broken by numerous small islands and the 
sails of vessels passing to and fro. On Goat Island, now 
used by the Torpedo Corps, and occupied by Govern- 
ment as a station, still stand the remains of a fort, origi- 
nally called Fort Ann, then Fort George, and lastly Fort 
Walcott. The island in mid-channel is Rose Island ; it 
contains a fort erected by the British many years ago, but 
which from long disuse has now fallen into decay. 
Coaster's Harbor Island is seen to the north, just beyond 
the city, and the large building rising from its centre is 
the Asylum of the Poor ; nearer the beach is 

Lime Rock, famous as the home of Ida Lewis, the 
Grace Darhng of America. Continuing along Welhng- 
ton Avenue, we pass some very handsome cottages. On 
the hill above are the traces of an old redoubt, built 
during the last war with England, and called Fort Den. 
ham. Then over a small creek and into Thames Street, 
opi)osite the gas-works, and only two blocks from Belle- 
vue Avenue. 



TO NEWPORT, 75 

Another very attractive drive is to start from Washing- 
ton Square up Broadway; the rising ground to the north 
of the city is known as Tammany Hill — so called from 
the fact that Miantonomi, an Indian sachem, once ruled 
this portion of the island. Dimng the Revolution* 
Tammany Hill was siu-mounted by a breastwork, thrown 
up by the British, and was made one of a chain of out- 
posts across the Island. The remains of the work are 
still visible; following the road to the two-mile corner, we 
turn to the right, where the road descends, cross a small 
brook and mount the oi:)posite hOl. The road is wide and 
always in good repair. About five miles out we pass a 
handsome Episcopal Church, built of stone. Ascending 
the hill called Slate Hill, we get a very fine view of 
Newport. A little further on is a place called 

Oakland, and here it was, that Dr. Channing sj)ent 
many hours of his life in study. The large estate is 
beautifully adorned with shrubbery and evergreens; at the 
next corner stands the Union Meeting-House, where Dr. 
Channing usually preached when on the Island. This 
house, now in excellent repair, is occupied by the 
Christian Baptists. A short distance beyond the meeting- 
house, a side road turns off to the right and leads directly 
to 



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The Glen, one of the -"most charming and romantic 
spots" on the Island, and a favorite resort for picnic 
parties. It is situated on the east side of the Island, about 
six miles from Newport, shaded with trees, having a small 
pond in the centre, with an old mill on one side, whUe 
to the right its waters find an outlet by tumbling over 
rocks into a stream that flows silently to the ocean. 

On a fine afternoon hundreds visit this quiet spot, and 
the old woods are often made to ring with the merry 
laugh, or the gay song of some light-hearted girl, in the 
fill] enjoyment of freedom from restraint, the gurgling 
of the brook, the fragrance of the wild flowers and the 
prospect of the distant shore from under the foliage that 
affords a grateful shade. We may return the aame way, 
or time permitting, cross over the Island by a road 
leading from the Union Meeting House, to 

Lawton's Valley, a beautiful rural resort, rich in verdure 
and in trees which are kept green by a bright stream flow- 
ing seaward. The Pond and Old MUl are the principal 
objects in the scenery. Over the valley is Butt's Hill, 
where Sir Robert Pigott attacked the Americans under 
Suihvan and Green on their retreat from the siege. 

Returning by the West Road we pass the Redwood 
farm ; this farm-house was occupied by General Smith 
of the British Ai-my in 1777. 



TO NEWPOKT. 77 

A short distance I'urtlier on is the 

Page Place ; this house stands back some few yards 
from the road, and is noted more especially because of its 
being the head-quarters of General Prescott at the time 
of his captiu'e by Colonel Barton. The stream that 
gently falls over the wall, then winds across the road and 
under the little bridge, is soon lost to view in the tangled 
brushwood on the west. It was by this ravine that Bar- 
ton and his party ax^proached the house. The gate and 
the path remained unchanged, and one can readily 
imagine the band of patriots quietly dramng near to the 
house, with the full determination of capturing the 
leader of the enemy's forces, or of sacrificing their lives 
in the attempt. About a mile and a haK nearer the city, 
at the comer of the cross-road, stands a picturesque little 
church, built from a design by Mr. Upjohn, and called 
the Church of the Holy Cross. On the opposite side of 
the road are the Aquidneck Fair Grounds ; the road from 
this point to the two mile corner is very picturesque. 
We then turn to the left, are soon in Broadway and at 
Washington Square. 

Another interesting drive is to take Broadway until we 
reach BHss Road on the right ; taking this road we are 
soon amid the green fields, and among the orchards. 
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Eastou's Pond, a large sheet of water, no ripple upon ita 
surface, save that made by a duck leading forth her 
young brood, or the light skiff of the angler ; further to 
the east is Easton's Beach, and among the breakers can 
be seen the bathers tumbling in the surf. On the 
opposite side we are shut out from an extensive view by 
the rising ground, known as 

Honyman's Hill. On the summit of this hill, the 
American forces under Lafayette were mustered for the 
purpose of rei3ulsing the British troops, who were then 
in possession ; portions of the breastwork thrown up by 
the British are still visible on a farm to the east, and a 
few years ago, several American cannon balls were un- 
earthed at this spot. The ascent of Honyman's Hill is 
somewhat steep. On the left hand, just by the school 
house, there is a narrow road running north, and shaded 
by overhanging trees, which for a short drive, is very 
pleasant. It comes out on the main road, about three 
miles from Newport. We continue the ascent, and as we 
approach the summit of the hill, find ourselves well re- 
paid for the exertion. To the south a wider view is 
offered. The i)ond, Easton's Beach, the more elevated 
portions of the town, and the chffs, pushing far out into 
the sea, are spread out before us hke a map. As we de- 
scend the hill we lose the view of all save the sloping 



TO NEWPOET. 79 

banks of gi-een, the gnarled and twisted trees that have 
yielded their fruits to father and son for generations, 
and the quiet little brook, that takes its rise in the woods 
some miles to the north, and emiDties its limpid waters 
in the pond to the right. We leave the main road to 
the left, and in front of us stands 

Whitehall, a very unpretentious mansion built by 
Dean Berkeley in 1730; the house is now fast going to 
decay from neglect, and the wear and tear of 150 years, 
yet it mil be forever memorable as being connected with 
a man who shed lustre on every position he occupied. 

Few spots in the environs of Newport are more endeared 
to the antiquarian than the quiet vale where Berkeley 
lived, and wrote his finest works. The changes that 
have been effected in that portion of the island for the 
centuiy past, are slight indeed. Wliitehall was given by 
Berkeley to Yale College, which still retains the fee, and 
he also presented that institution with a considerable 
portion of his library. Leaving the quiet retreat, where 
an hour may be spent most delightfully, we follow the 
road quite to the foot of the hill, cross a shght bridge 
over a little brook that ever flows on towards the sea, and 
follow its course nearly to the shore. Beyond the last 
narrow biidge the road opens ui30.n the sands of Sachuest 
Beach. To the left are the Hanging Rocks, showing theii' 



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dark sides and siirmoimted with stunted spruce and fir 
trees; on the extreme left, Sachuest Point is whitened by 
the breakers, and on the right, and ahnost in front, are 
the massive rocks of Pm-gatory. Following the beach 
and crossing the creek which connects Easton's Pond 
with the ocean, along the first beach to Bath Road, we 
come into Bellevue Avenue and along Touro Street to 
Washington Square. 



CHAPTER X. 

EXCURSIONS. 

There are many beautiful spots about NewjDort, to 
which excursions may be made, some occupying a few 
hours, others all day, and if so inclined one or two days. 
In as short a sjDace as possible we j)ropose to name a few 
of the more prominent. 

Fori Adams on fete days, Tuesday and Friday, is a 
delightful place at which to spend an hour or two and 
listen to the music performed by the garrison band. 
Fort Adams may be reached either by road or boat. The 
number of boats in the harbor on these days is something 



• TO NEWPOKT. 81 

astoundiug, as it is considered fashionable to attend these 
musical performances. Another pleasant excursion is to 
take a boat and sail to 

Rose Islayid. This affords a fine view of the open 
passage to the south, and the river to the north; a fort 
was erected here by the British when in occupation of 
Rhode Island, but has now fallen into decay; great quanti- 
ties of fish are caught here. 

Fort Dumplings is a favorite resort for excursionists, 
and can only be reached by boat. It is situated on the 
island of Conanicut at the mouth of the outer harbor and 
nearly opposite Fort Adams; the fort itself is oval in form 
and placed on a high wall of rocks, against which the 
ocean waves are ever breaking. The fishing around the 
Dumplings is excellent; and there is probably not a day 
during the season, that boats are not seen winding among 
the rocks in search of prey. Gay parties often resort to 
the Dumplmgs to escape from the throng of the city for 
a while, and enjoy a day of sunshine and pleasure in the 
open air, get a touch of old ocean, have a ramble, and 
finish with a lunch. 

Rocky Point is a favorite j)lace for an excursion ; the 
sail up the Bay is delightful ; it is reached by the fine 
boats of the American Steamboat Company, who run 
their boats four times a day between Newport and Provi- 
dence, calhng at Rocky Point. It lies on the west side, 



82 LEE'S GUIDE 

about eighteen miles from Newi)ort, and is one of the 
most delightful spots upon Narragansett Bay. Here 
every arrangement and convenience which art can devise 
is afforded to the summer visitant. The hotel is large 
and commodious in all its ax^pointments. The grounds 
about one hundi'ed acres, containing shady groves and 
about it comprise gravelled walks, romantic caves and 
grottoes, with a high elevation near the shore, upon 
which stands a lofty tower, affording a noble view, in- 
cluding Providence and Newport, Fall River, Bristol, 
and Warren, and many other towns, with the whole 
sweep of the Bay. The wild and cavernous rock-forma- 
tions, the free menagerie, and the elevated railway, are 
some of the attractions. 250 persons are emi)loyed here 
through the summer ; from the hotel telegrams may be 
sent all over the Union. Rocky Point should be visited 
to enjoy its clam-bakes, which are unrivalled elsewhere. 
There is also a bathing-beach, a large dance-hall, and a 
summer theatre. 

Narragansett Pier. This is on the sea-shore, at the 
mouth of Narragansett Bay. It has been known as a 
watering-place for twenty years, but the patronage was 
at first limited to a few city families, who took up their 
summer quarters in the adjacent farm-houses, and its 
reputation has been made since 1867, when the Atwood 



TO NEWPORT, 83 

House and two or three other hotels were built. Now 
the demand for accommodation usually exceeds the 
supply, and the place bids fair to become one of the 
most popular of the seaside resorts. The beach is one 
of the finest on the Atlantic coast, and is equally attrac- 
tive for bathing or riding. The surf is light, and the 
water deepens very gradually, which, with the absence 
of strong currents, renders it unusually safe. There is 
also excellent iishiug, from the rocks or from boats ; the 
boating on the bay is delightful, and the adjacent country 
affords many pleasant drives and rambles. 

Below the Pier is a mass of rocks, beyond which 
stretches the long line of Wolcott's Beach. The noble 
and richly decorated mansion of the Sprague family is 
near the cluster of hotels. Every visitor should go to 
Narragansett Heiglits, where the palatial Tower Hill 
Hotel stands on its 800-acre plateau, near Silver Lake, 
400 feet above the Bay. The view is fine, extending over 
Newport and 10 or 12 villages, and covering a horizon-line 
of 100 miles. The Ocean, the Bay, Point Judith, and 
the lakes of South I^ngstown, are all visible. There are 
several other places to which exciu'sious may be made, 
viz. : Jamestown, Greenwich, Marked Rock, Block Island, 
Providence, Bristol, Fall River, etc. , all by water, several 
desirable excursions may be made over the Old Colony 
Railroad, who are ever willing to accommodate them- 
selves to the wishes of the visitors to the City by the Sea. 



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CHAPTEB XI. 

HOTELS. 

Atiuater House. This is an old established house at 
292- and 294 Thames Street, a few doors north of the Post 
Office ; the accommodation is for forty guests, and the 
rates for transients are $1.00 to $1.50 per day, and for 
regular boarders, $5.00 to $8.00 per week, according to 
rooms; also furnished rooms and lodgings if desired; 
on the fu'st floor is a bar, where all the standard brands 
of ales, wines, liquors and cigars can be had ; there is 
also a pool table for the use of guests. 

Hammond House. This house is situated at 146, 148 
and 150 BeUevue Avenue, the main drive of Newport ; 
it is well fiu'nished, in a first-class locaHty, has all modern 
improvements, and wLQ accommodate about fifty guests ; 
the rates are $2.00 per day, or from $8.00 to $10.00 per 
week. On the ground floor is a restaurant, where per- 
sons living at other houses can have table board of the 
best quality, or j)ersons can have furnished rooms and 
take their meals a la carte. It is a first-class f)lace for 
excursion parties, being near Bath Eoad, the main 
thoroughfare for the beach. Mr. Newton Hammond is 
proprietor. 



TO NEWPOKT. 85 

Ocean House. This is the largest and most fashion- 
able hotel in Newport. It was erected in 1845, by the 
Ocean House Company. It stands a little back from 
Bellevne Avenue, upon a broad drive semi-circling a 
little park. The front of the building is thrown into a 
noble yei'anda opening up fifty feet. The roof over the 
veranda is supported by fifteen columns, giving a be- 
fitting air of stateliness. The veranda sweeps around 
three sides of the building, and there are piazzas facing 
north, west and south. Through the middle of the 
building runs a corridor 252 feet long, thu'teen feet wide, 
and fourteen feet high. Five sets of stairs rise to the 
upper floors. The stairs are so arranged that a guest 
coming from his room cannot go m any direction without 
coming to stairs which lead to the main corridor. The 
dining-room is 130 feet long by forty-five wide and fifteen 
high, and contains no posts. The kitchen is- detached 
from the hotel. The ladies' parlor, octogon shaped, is 
twenty-six feet high, and is beautifully decorated and 
furnished. The guest rooms are large, airy, and well 
lighted, and many of them command a fine view of the 
sea. The furniture and fittings are of the finest, and 
Newport may well be proud of such an hotel. The in- 
terior arrangements of the hotel are unsur[)assed for 




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completeness, conveuieuce and elegance by any watering- 
place hotel in the world. The main entrance and office 
is nearly in the centre of the Bellevue front ; to the left 
of the office is the large dining-hall. The rooms are ele- 
gantly fm-nished, and many are arranged in suites for 
family use, and supplied vdth. fresh water in every room. 
Guests are conveyed to and from the four floors with ut- 
most ease and dispatch, by means of one of Whittier's 
elevators. The hotel is built in such a way that nearly 
all the rooms are outside rooms, there not being a dark 
room in the house, even in the rear, the rooms look upon 
a wide stretch of country and ocean, and nearer upon a 
court square, beautifully adorned with trees, shrubs and 
flowers. Messrs. Weaver, not lacking in anything that 
will add to the pleasure of their guests, have engaged the 
Professor Allen's celebrated Boston band, which will dis- 
course music from the band-stand in front of the house 
every day at 10 a. m., and every afternoon and evening 
m the large hall of the hotel. The Messrs. Weaver have 
secured for the Ocean House, a most enviable reputa- 
tion, and they are determined that it shall stand pre- 
eminent as the hotel of Newport. J. G. Weaver and 
Proprietors. 

I^ai'k House. This house is in the very centre of 
Ne-v^ijort, facing the State House and Washington Square. 
It has accommodation for fifty boarders, the rates being 



TO NEWPOET. 87 

$1.50 to $2.00 per day, and from $8.00 to $10.00 per 
week ; a nice piazza in front overlooks the square ; it is 
open all year, accepts table boarders, and offers every 
facility for commercial men. Mrs. Wm. Alderson is the 
proprietor. 

Perry House. This house, named after Commodore 
Perry, of Lake Erie fame, was built in 1865, by Mr. 
Shanahan. It fronts on Washington Square, and to- 
gether with the Opera House makes a very imposing 
structure. The hotel has a very high reputation for its 
management, and the excellence of its cuisine ; it will 
accommodate comfortably, 100 guests, the rates varying 
from $3.00 per day for transients, to $12.00 to $21.00 per 
week for regular boarders. The dining-room mil com- 
fortably seat sixty persons at one time ; the parlors and 
bed-rooms are furnished in excellent taste, and visitors 
will find here an hotel which is a credit to the proprietors 
and to the city ; it is but three minutes walk from the ter- 
minus of the Old Colony Line, and seven minutes walk 
from the landing of the Fall River Line ; standing between 
the City Hall and State House, it is in the very heart of 
Newport, yet looldng from Washington Square, with its 
grand old trees, it has quite a country aspect. There is 
ample provision made to meet any emergency of fire, 
etc. ; every room is connected with the office by electric 




PERRY HOUSE, 



WASHINGTON SQUARE, NEWPORT, R, I. 



PERRY HOUSE 



WASHINGTON SQUARE, NEWPORT, R. I. 



Strictly First Class. Location Unequalled. 

EMectric Bells Ttiroughioiat tine House. 

Heated By Steam. Western Union Telegraph in House. 

Three Minutes Walk from Trains, and only Seven 
Minutes Walk from the Boat. 

OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 

MELVILLE BULL, 

PROPRIETOR 



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bells ; tlie house is fitted with all modern improvements^ 
has telephone connection with any part of the city, and 
is also an office of the Western Union Telegraph Co. 
The house is heated by steam, has bar, billiard room, etc. , 
and is open all the year round ; a reduction is made in 
the rates before and after the season. The Newport 
Opera House adjoins the Perry House, and is under the 
same management ; duiing the season many traveling 
companies apj)ear at the Opera House, including operatic, 
dramatic, comedy, and variety. Visitors to Newport 
will consult their own interests b}^ stajing at the Perry 
House. We must not omit to mention that the amiable 
proprietor is Mr. Melville Bull. 

The Aquidneck. This hotel is located on Pelham 
Street, corner of Corne Street, in a direct line from the 
landing of the Wickford Boats bringing guests from New 
York, Boston, and other points. The halls, parlors, and 
dining-rooms, are furnished with great taste. Some of 
its rooms are arranged in suites for families, as the guests 
are of a class that do not care to mingle in the bustle 
of the large hotels. The Aquidneck is most agreeably 
situated near Touro Park, the "Old Stone Mill," the 
Channing Memorial Church ; it is not far from the 
Casino, and the bathing-l:)each, and only one block from 
Bellevue Avenue, the famous drive of Newport, while its 



TO NEWPOET. 89 

outward appearance is very agreeable, its inward appoint- 
ments fullfil all the requirements of a first-class hotel. 
In fact, it ranks in all respects, except in size, with the 
Ocean House, and is frequented by the best families from 
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. The 
hotel is connected with the Bankers' and Merchants' 
Telegraph, who have an office in the hotel, also by tele- 
phone with any part of Newport. The Aquidneck will 
comfortably accommodate 150 guests, and its rates are 
$4.00 per day, for transients, and from $18.00 to $30.00 
per week, for regular patrons, according to the rooms 
occupied. The house has been under the personal 
management of Mr. Attleton for the last five years ; it 
is open for about six months in the year, or from April 
to November, and will be conducted as heretofore, in 
such a manner that guests will return from year to year, 
to enjoy the homelike hospitalities of the Aquidneck. 

United States Hotel. This old established hotel is 
very centrally situated at the corner of Thames and Pel- 
ham Streets, in a di.Tect line from the steamboat landing 
of the Wickford Boats, from New York, Boston, Provi- 
dence, etc. The house has been recently furnished and 
renovated ; is supplied with all modern improvements. 
It is only two blocks from Bellevue Avenue, the main 
drive of Newport, Touro Park, and the "Old Stone Mill," 



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within one block of the Post Office and Custom House 
and only a few minutes walk from the Old Colony Kail- 
road dejiot, and the landing of the New York and Fall 
River line of boats. It is admirably adapted for transient 
guests, commercial travellers, etc., being in the very 
centre of the business portion of Newport. The house 
has bar, billiard room, and all the adjuncts of a well 
regulated hotel. It has accommodation for fifty guests, 
the rates being $2.50 -per day, and .$15.00 per week. Mr. 
H. F. Barnard is proprietor. 



CHAPTER XII. 

BOARDING HOUSES. 

Adams House. This house is at 291 Thames Street, 
not far from the Wickford landing and United States 
Hotel; the accommodation is for about twentj^-five 
guests, the rates being for transients, $1.00 per day, and 
by the week from .$5.00 to $10.00, according to rooms. 
Mr. John Adams, Proprietor. 

Annandale House. This house is at 33 Annandale 
Road, and resembles a private residence more than a 
boarding-house ; it overlooks in front quite a stretch of 



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green fields, and in the distance the Bathing Beach. It 
can be reached from Bath Road or East Bowery ; the 
accommodation is for thirty guests ; rates, $1.00 per day, . 
or $6.00 per week; it is open all year, and is only five 
minutes walk from the beach. Harry Lawrence is the 
proprietor. 

Bafeman's Point. This is a beautifully located house, 
a little to the left of Fort Adams, and has a splendid view 
of the Harbor, the Atlantic Ocean, and the whole city of 
Newjjort. It stands on an elevated plateau some dis- 
tance from any other house. It is not a boarding-house 
in the ordinary acceptance of the term, but a summer 
residence for famHies, of rather a select character, in fact 
it more resembles the Newport Cottage. From no house 
in Newport can so extensive a view be obtained of land 
and water. Mr. Bateman, the proprietor, is a native of 
Newi^ort, and his ancestors were amongst its pioneers ; 
in connection with the house is a large farm, from which 
guests are suppHed with fresh milk, eggs, poultry, and 
vegetables ; the house is more immediately surrounded 
by extensive gardens and lawns, which are specially 
adapted for croquet, lawn tennis, etc., the grounds run 
from the house to the beach, which is sheltered, and 
affords a nice ground for sea-bathing ; there are several 
bathing-houses on the shore. Mr. Bateman has erected 



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on the grounds, a fac-simile of the "Old Stone Mill," 
such a curiosity to i^eoj^le visiting Newport. The house 
will comfortably accommodate sixty to seventy guests, 
and the rates ]3i"evailiug are about $3. 00 per day. For 
persons who enjoy natural scenery, pure au*, wholesome 
food, sea-bathing, and quiet surroundings, we know of 
no place in or about Newi^ort where they can be found 
to equal those of Bateman's Point. 

Bath Road. This house stands at the corner of 
Middleton Avenue, on the road to the bathing-beach ; 
it has accommodation for forty guests; the rates for 
transients are $1.00 to $2. 00 per day, for regular boarders, 
$8.00 to $15.00 per week. Mrs. Mary Janes is the pro- 
prietor. 

Cheswell House. This house is at 22 Prosj)ect Hill 
Street, near the Post Office, and the Steamboat landing 
of the Wicldord boats ; the house will comfortably ac- 
commodate thirty guests, the rates being from $1.00 to 
$1.50 per day, and from $7.00 to 10.00 per week. The 
house is well furnished, has nice garden, supplied with 
gas, etc. ; rooms may also be had without board. Mr. 
Christian Anderson is the proprietor. 

Coj;)6lancVs Boarding House is at 434: and 436 Thames 
Street. This is also a restaurant, and does a large trade; 
the boarding accommodation is for about six guests, and 
the rates $5.00 per week, or $1.00 per day. P. G. Cope- 
land, Proprietor. 



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Kay Street Hou%e. This is a good and an old estab- 
lished house ; it is not far from Bellevue Avenue, has a 
large piazza shaded with vines, considerable ground at 
back of house, and supx)lied with modern conveniences. 
It will accommodate about forty guests ; the rates being 
for transients, $2.50 per day, and permanent boarders, 
from $12.00 to $21.00 per week, according to roooms. 
Open June to October. Mrs. Joseph Bateman is the 
proprietor. 

Sherman House. This is rather a large house, ac- 
commodating as it does, about sixty guests; there is 
considerable lawn connected with the house, which is 
fitted with aU modern conveniences. The rates are $1. 00 
to $1.50 per day, and from $5.00 to $10.00 per week. 
The house has been recently painted and paj^ered, and 
is in good condition for the reception of guests. Thomas 
Lewin, Proprietor, 105 Thames Street. 

Spring Street, corner of Narragansett Avenue. This 
house stands in its own grounds, and in a very nice dis- 
trict; for the situation the terms are very reasonable, 
being $1.00 per day, or from $6.00 to $10.00 per week; 
the house has lawn, piazza, and nice garden ; open June 
to November. Apply to Mr. Peter McLean, Proprietor. 
Steainboat House. This house is at 285 Thames 
Street, and as its name implies, is not far from the Wick- 
ford steamboat landing ; the accommodation is for thirty 



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guests, the rates beiug, transient, $1.00 per day, and 
regular boarders, S6.00 per week. The house is 
suppHed with gas, etc. , and is oj^en all year. Samuel 
PoUitt, Proprietor. 

9 Touro Court. This house should be seen to be ap- 
fjreciated. It is off Toui-o Street, or Washington Square, 
just above the Perry House ; it has considerable ground, 
which is shaded by grand old trees ; piazza, which is at 
all times pleasant ; the accommodation is for about ten 
guests, the rates being $1.50 per day, or $7.00 to $10.00 
per week. Mrs. L. E. Barnes is j)roprietor. 

11 jyukc Street. This house is in close proximity to 
the State House and Washington Square, and only a few 
minutes walk from the Long "WTiarf ; the accommodation 
is for about ten guests; the rates are $1.00 per day, and 
$5.00 per week; open all the year. Jacob T. Ove, 
Proprietor. 

14 Catherine Street. This is considered one of the 
best boarding-houses in Newport. It has been kept by 
Madame Robinson for a great many years; it is fur- 
nished with great taste, has private parlors and dining- 
rooms, also rooms in suites for famihes. It is on one of 
the most fashionable streets, only half a block from Belle- 
vue Avenue, is open all year; rates $3.00 per day, or 



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$12.00 to $20.00 per week, according to rooms. The ac. 
commodatft)!! is for twenty-five guests. Madame M. J. 
Robinson is proprietor. 

16 Mill Street. This house is near Thames Street 
and about midway between the two steamboat landings ; 
it has accommodation for thirty guests, and the rates are 
$1.00 to $1.25 per day, and from $6.00 to $10.00 per 
week. The house is kept open all the year, and has an 
obliging proprietress in Mrs. Honora Carey. 

22 Gather'me Street. A strictly first-class family 
boarding-house, with accommodation for twenty-five 
guests; rates from $10.00 to $25.00 per week, according 
to rooms ; is supplied with all modern conveniences, ha 
nice gardens, shaded piazza, and is only a few doors from 
Bellevue Avenue. Mrs. M. A. Adams is the proprietor. 

28 East Bowery. This is a new house and well 
furnished ; it is not far from the Ocean House, has ac- 
commodation for about twenty guests; rates are for 
for transients, $1.00 per day, for regular boarders, $6.00 
to $7.00 per week; has piazza and garden, and is open 
all the year. John F. Carroll, Proprietor. 

32 Washington Square. This is a house of the old 
style, with large and lofty rooms ; it occupies a splendid 
position, facing on Washington Square, and is only a few 
minutes walk from the steamboat landing ; there is ac- 



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commodation for fifteen guests, the rates being $2.00 per 
day, and from $10.00 to $12.00 per week. Mrs. H. S. 
Clark, is proprietor. 

37 Young Street. This house is open all the year, and 
accepts both transient and permanent boarders; it is 
near Spring Street, has accommodation for twenty guests, 
and the rates are $1.00 per day, or from $5.00 to $7.00 
j)er week, according to rooms occuj)ied. Mr. Thomas 
Regan is the proprietor. 

48 East Boirery. This is an old estabhshed boarding- 
house, and will accommodate from twenty to thirty 
guests; the rates are $1.00 per day for transients, and 
from $6.00 to $8.00 per week for regular boarders; the 
house is open all the year; table boarders are accepted, 
and furnished rooms may be rented. Mrs. M. J. Miu'ray 
is the proprietor. 

54 Bath Road. This boarding-house has accommo- 
dation for about fifteen guests, the rates being $1.25 per 
day, and from $7.00 to $10.00 per week, according to 
rooms ; the house is well furnished, open all the year, 
and is about half way on the road from Bellevue Avenue 
to the bathing-beach. Mrs. Ellen Geraghty is the pro- 
prietor. 

65 Bath Road. This is one of the largest boarding- 
houses in Newport, and being near the bathing-beach is 
extensively patronized. It has accommodation for about 



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140 guests; the rates for transients being $1.50 to $3.00 
per day, and regular boarders from $10.00 to $20.00 
per week, according to rooms occupied. It lias large 
gardens and grounds, from which are procm-ed all the 
vegetables used. A cottage may also be rented separately 
if desired. Mrs. Mary Diggles is proprietor. 

92 Division Street. This is a well-known boarding- 
house and stands on elevated ground at the comer of 
Mill Street ; it is also numbered on the latter street as 
number 76; the accommodation is for twelve guests; 
the rates are $2.00 per day, or from $10.00 to $12.00 per 
week ; it is open all the year, and a reduction made out 
of the season; it has nice grounds, and overlooks the 
harbor. Mrs. H. Thurston is proprietor. 

131 Church Street This is a first-class private board- 
ing-house, near the famous Bellevue Avenue; it is 
suppUed with all modern improvements ; has a farm from 
which it receives its suppHes, is only open in summer ; 
accomodation for thii-ty guests ; rates, $2.00 to $3.00 per 
day, and $14.00 to $20.00 per week. It has a nicely 
shaded piazza, and is opposite a private park. Mr. A. A. 
Wilbur, Proprietor. • 

163 Spring Street. This is an old established board- 
ing-house and very central, not far from State House and 
City Hall, and stands at the corner of Mill Street. The 



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accommodation is for twenty-five guests, and the rates 
for transients, $1.00 per day, and regular boarders from 
$5.00 to $7.00 per week, according to rooms occupied. 
Mr. John A. Gorton is j)roprietor. 

251 Sjiifing Street. This is a good house, opposite 
Levin Street, leading to Bellevue Avenue, the leading 
drive of Newport Mrs. Gordon, the proprietress, prefers 
to rent her rooms rather than take boarders ; the rents 
are reasonable, the rooms are well fiu'uished, and the 
house is in a good locality. 

265 Thames Street. This boarding-house is in a very 
central position, about midway between Long Wharf and 
the Commercial Wharf, and nearly oj)posite the United 
States Hotel ; the house is open all the year, and accepts 
both transient and permanent boarders ; the former at 
$1.50 per day, and the latter at from $10.00 to $15.00 per 
week. The house will accommodate about fifteen guests. 
For further particulars, address Mrs. J. Rudolph, Pro- 
prietor. 

413 Thames Street. This house is in a quiet district, 
not far from the Post Office, and the Commercial Wharf. 
Mr. Borden, the proprietor, can accommodate ten guests, 
the rates being $1.00 per day, or from $5,00 to $8.00 per 
week, according to rooms. 



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426 Thames Street. This boarding-liouse stands at 
the corner of Thames and Young Streets; it has ac- 
commodation for about ten guests, and the rates are 
$1.00 per day, or $5.00 to $6.00 per week. Nice garden, 
gas, etc. , also bar, where the various lands of hquids can 
be obtained, also good cigars. John Gash, Proprietor. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

COTTAGERS. 

About fifty years ago, the tide of summer visitors be- 
gan to turn towards Newport, and about this time the 
boarding-house keepers began to find their resources 
taxed to furnish accommodation for the summer visitors. 
From Providence, from the Southern States, and from 
Cuba came the first of the returning tide of pilgrims to 
this island Mecca. Ten years later, the hotels could no 
longer contam the swelHng throngs. About that time 
some man of genius conceived the idea of building for 
himseK a habitation which might protect him from the 
mild inclemencies of the summer months. It did not 
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cheap, aud a very respectable dwelling could be erected 
at a comparatively slight cost. So, without a thought of 
the immense development it would afterwards attain, the 
system which is the marked feature of this great watering- 
place was begun. For the last thirty years the annual 
sales of real estate have averaged more than half a million 
dollars, Hundi'eds of beautiful buildings have been 
erected ; the taxable property has increased enormously, 
and it is esteemed a favor to obtain a fine site for a 
house at so much a foot, where a few seasons ago the 
same money would have purchased acres of the most de- 
sirable land. Great attention is paid by the cottagers 
to their gardens, which are adorned with rare plants and 
trees, divided by paths sweeping in graceful hues in 
various directions. It is not necessary to point to in- 
dividual si^ecimens of taste ; one can walk for miles, and 
yet see new architectural designs and fresh ideas of 
summer gardening. 

The follomng is as comj)lete a list as it is jjossible to 
obtain of persons who either own cottages or rent them, 
with their names in alphabetical order, and the cities or 
places they come from : — 

A 
Austin, I. J., S. C. Astor, John Jacob, N. Y. 

Adams, T. M., New York. Austin, Mrs. J. A., N. Y. 



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Ayer, Mrs. J. C, N. Y. 
Aucliincloss, Mrs., N. Y. 
Appletou, N., Boston. 
Aucliincloss, H. B., . Y. 
Almon, A. B., Salem, Mass. 
Andrews, F. W., Boston. 
Agassiz, Prof. A. Cam. 



Astor, W. , New York. 
Anderson, E. J., N. Y. 
Appleton, T, G., Boston. 
Arnold, Mrs. S. G., Prov. 
Ashhurst, W. H., Phila. 
Angell, E. G., Providence. 
Atterbmy, J. F., N. Y. 



BaU, G. H., Worcester. 
Binney, Wm., Providence. 
BuU, C. M., New York. 
Bell, Dr. CM., New York. 
Barger, Sam. F., N. Y. 
Beckwith, N. M., N. Y. 
Brown, G. S., Baltimore. 
Belmont, O. H. P., N. Y. 
Beach, Fred. O., N. Y. 
Belmont, Perry, N. Y. 
Bowdoin, G. S., N. Y. 
Bosworth, F. J., M'kee. 
Bookstaver, H. W., N. Y. 
Bell, Isaac, Jr., N. Y. 
Baker, Mrs., Jr., Boston. 
Bates, C. F., N. Y. 
Barker, Wm., Providence. 



Bonaparte, Col., Baltimore. 
Baldwiii, C. C, N. Y. 
Bigelow, J. R,, Boston. 
Brewer, Mrs. G. , Boston. 
Blatchford, Mrs. R. M. N. Y. 
Blatchford, Judge S., N. Y. 
Belmont, August, N. Y. 
Bigelow, Mrs. J. W., N. Y. 
Bacon, Daniel B. , N. Y. 
Bancroft, G., Wash., D. C. 
Brownson, J. S., EHz., N. J. 
Bassett, Wm., London. 
Ballou, W. M., Providence, 
Buell, Mrs. James, N. Y. 
BaU, C. H., NewburghN. Y. 
Booth, Edwin, New York. 
Breese, Mrs. K. R. 



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Bai'ker, Fred. , Providence. Bishop, Mrs. , New York. 
Brown, Stephen, Boston. Bowler, S. M., Cincinnati. 
Barstow, D. H. , Boston. Bennett, J. S. , New York. 
Bryer, Benjamin, N. Y. Bend, Geo. H., New York. 
Brown, Mrs. J. C, Prov. Bird, Mrs. O. W., N. Y. 
Bruen, Mrs. M. L., Boston. 

C 

Clews, Henry, New York. Cook, H. H. , New York. 
Craven, Eng. H. S., U. S. N. CaldweU, Misses, N. Y. 
Concklin, H. R., U. §. E. Gushing, T. F., Boston. 
Chickering, Mrs. T. E. Bos. CuUum Gen. G. W. , U. S. A. 
Coles, W. F., New York. Chickering, Chas. F., N. Y. 
Cook, Rev. Dr., New York. Cunningham Dr. E. L. , Bos. 
Clark, B. S., New York. Cook, Mrs. J. J., Prov. 
Coats, James, New York. Collins, George, New York. 
Coleman, Samuel, N. Y. Coif ord, S. J. , New York. 
Coles, Mrs. E. U., N. Y. Crate, Mrs. M. A., N. Y. 
Churchm, Capt., U. S. A. CHft, Smith, New York. 
Caswell, J. R., New York. Cox, Newton, New York. 
Chauning, Dr. W. F., Prov. Catlin, Mrs., New York. 
Cleveland, Dr. C, N. Y. Clough, Mrs., New York. 

D 
Dale, T. N., Paterson, N. J. Davis, T. M., New York. 
Derby, Lt. R. C, U. S. N. Dick, F. A., Philadelphia. 
Dickey, H. T., New York. DeRenne, Mrs., Sav. Ga. 



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Deas, Mrs., New York. Pyer, Dr. E., Phila. 

DeHauteviUe, F. S. G., N. Y. 

E 
Ellis, John W. , New York. Emmons, Mrs. E. W. , Bos. 

Ellis, Misses, New York. Eldredge, Mrs. J. H., N. Y. 
Eustis, Mrs. F. A., Boston. Evans, Jonathan, Phila. 
Edgar, WiUiam, New York. Elliot Lt. -Col. G. H. U. S. A. 
Eustis, Prof. H. S., Cam. 

F 
Fletcher, Joseph, Prov. Ferrell, J. L., Philadelphia. 
French, Francis O. , N. Y. French, S. B. , New York. 
Fearing, Henry S., N. Y. Fellows, Cornelius, N. Y. 
Fearing, W. H., N. Y. Francklyn, C. G., N. Y. 

Foster, John, Boston. Ferguson, George A., N. Y. 

Francis Rev. Lewis, B'klyn. Fell, R. D., Philadelphia. 
French, Abel, New York. Furey, Dr. , Philadelphia. 
Ford, John R., New York. Fosdicks, Mrs. C. B., N. Y. 

a 

Gammell, Prof. Wm., Prov. Goelet, Mrs. Sarah, N. Y. 
Gammell, R. H. I., Prov. Gibert, Mrs. A., N. Y. 
Greene, W. B. , New York. Gibbs, Prof. Walcott, Cam. 
Griswold, J. N. A., N. Y. Gray, Miss M. E., N. Y. 
Grunhut, Mrs. J., N. Y. Greene, C, Providence. • 
Gallia, Count G., PMla. Gray, Mrs. G. G., N. Y. 



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Gibbes, Mrs. T. S., N. Y. Gray, S. M., Providence. 
Gratz, L. C, Philadelphia. Gardner, Rathbone, Prov. 
Guion, D. F., Baltimore. Greene, Mrs. J. C, N. Y. 
Gibb, Miss Sarah B., N. Y. Geiard, Mrs., New York. 
Goelet, Robert, N. Y. Gibbs, Major T. K., N. Y. 

Goelet, Ogden, N. Y. Gibbs, Miss Emily O. , N. Y. 

Goiild,W. P.,Mai. U. S. A. 

H 

Hargreaves, Geo., Denver. Hosack, Mrs. C. B., N. Y. 
Haveu, G. G., New York. Huntington, Prof., Hai-tf'd. 
Hopkins, Capt. A., U. S. A. Hoftmau, Miss S. O., N. Y. 
Hazard I. , Georgetown S . 0. Hall, Peleg, New York. 
Hacker, William, Phila. Homans, E. C. , New York. 
Hazen, Gen. W. B. , U. S. A. Havemeyer T. A. New York. 
Hay ward. Miss, New York. Hewitt, A. S., New York. 
Hall, P. D., New York. Hartshorn, Mrs., Prov. 
Hone, Roberts., New York. Hatch, A. S., New York. 
Hoyt, H. S., New York. Hunt, Richard M., N. Y. 
Hazard, Rowland N., N. Y. Hunnewah, HoUis, N. Y. 
Howe, Mrs. J. W. , Boston. Hodgson, J. M. , New York. 
Hayward, Mrs. M. A., Bos. Howland, Meredith, N. Y. 
Howard, Mrs. E. W., N. Y. Howland, S. S., New York. 

I 

I nman, John H. , N. Y. Ingersoll, Harry, Phila. 



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Josephs, Lymail C. , N. Y. Jones, Frederick, N. Y. 
Jones, Mrs. Mary M., N. Y. Jessup, Morris K., N. Y. 
Jones, Mrs. G. F., N. Y. Jay, Augustus, New York. 
Jones, Miss Frances, N. Y. 

K 

Kane, Walter L., New York. Kettletas, Mrs. E., N. Y. 
Keene James R. , New York. King, David, New York, 
Kendall, Mrs. S. A., N. Y. Kidder, J. H., Washington. 
Kernochan, James P. , N. Y. lumber, A. M. , Phila. 
Kennedy, Mrs. , Baltimore. King, LeRoy, New York. 
Kennedy, Miss R. L., N. Y. King, Mrs. Edward, N. Y. 
Kennedy, Robert L., N. Y. Knower, John, New York. 

L. 

Lorillard, Pierre, New York. Ledyard, Mrs. H., N. Y. 
Low, Josiah A., Brooklyn. Lafarge, John, New York. 
Low, A. A , Brooklyn. Lieber, Mrs. M., N. Y. 

Lyman, Miss, Boston. Lord, Thomas, New York. 

Livingston, Matiu'in, N. Y. Luce, C. S., Boston. 
Livingston Herman T.N.Y. Ludlum, Mrs. S. P., Balti. 
Lewis, Walter H., N. Y. , Langdon, Walter, N. Y. 
LeRoy, Daniel, New York. Lusk, Dr. W. T., N. Y. 
LeRoy, Stuyvesant, N. Y. Lij^pitt, Henry, Providence. 



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MandeviUe, Lord, Euglaud. 
Merritt, George W., N. Y. 
Mott, Thomas, Pliila. 
Morgan, Edwiu D., N. Y. 
Mortimer, Stanley, N. Y. 
Morgan, D. O. P., N. Y. 
Morris, Miss Jane, Pliila. 
Metcalf, Emmons, Boston. 
Maynard, Mrs. H., Teun. 
McCagg, Mrs. C. O., N. Y. 
Mills, Ogden, New York. 
McStea, Nelson, N. Oris. 
Mott, J. L. B., N. Y. 
Mangimi, Mrs. W. P. 
MitcheU, Dr. S. W., Pliila. 



M 

Morgan, Kev. Dr., N. Y. 
Mason, Dr. J. J., N. Y. 
Mitchell, Mrs. M. A., Utica. 
Mahony, JohnH., N. Y. 
Marquand, Hemy G., N. Y. 
Mason, Misses, Boston. 
MiUer, George M., N. Y. 
Mayer, Edward, New York. 
Miller, W. S., New York. 
Matthews, A. , New York. 
Morris, Henry G., Phila. 
Montgomery, T. J., Boston. 
Morris, Wis tar, Phila. 
Marvin, Gen. S. E., Albany, 
Morris, Mrs. Francis. 

N 



Nash, Mrs. H. J., Prov. NcAvton, Henry, Erie, Pa. 
Neilson, Mrs. M. N., N. Y. Neilson, Fred., N. Y. 

O 
OeMchs, Charles M., N. Y. O'Donnell, Mrs. H. C.,Md. 

Oothoiit, William, N. Y. Otis, Mrs. James, N. Y. 



Parker, Dr., U. S. N. Pierson, J. F., N. Y., 

Post, Edwin A., N. Y. Peny, Mrs. C. G., Phila. 



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Post, William, N. Y. Paull, W. W., Pliila. 

Pruyn, J. V. I., Albany. PoweU, Dr. S. C, N. H. 
Prince, Mrs,, Boston. Pngli, Eev. J. H., N. H. 

Palmer, Mrs. Fanny, Phila. Phelps, Koyal, N. Y. 
Phillips, M. S., Brooklyn. Philbrick, E. S., Boston. 
Parsons, G. M., Cincinnati. Pell, Mrs. Waldron, N. Y. 
Porter, F. B. Post, Mrs. L. F., N. Y. 

Pond, Mrs. Harriet N.,N.Y. Phinney, T. W., Chicago. 
Pond, A. Phelps, N. Y. Parkman, G. F., Boston. 
Paul, J. W., Philadeli)hia. Peterson, C. J., Phila. 
Paine, John W., Troy, N. Y. Potter, E. T., New York. 
Pumpelly, Prof. E. Potter, E. B., New York. 

Padelford, E. M., Phila. Pratt, Samuel F., Boston. 

R 

Eead, Gen. Meredith, Paris. Bobbins, H. A. , New York. 
Eives, Dr. W. C, Jr., Bos. Ehett, Mrs. E. P., Balti. 
Eives, G. L., New York. Eussell, C. H., New York. 
Eoberts, Mrs. M. O., N. Y. Eosengarten, G. D., Phila. 
EoebUngCol. W. A.,B'kl'u. Bobbins, G. A., New York. 
Eives, W. C, Boston. Eogers, Arcibald, N. Y. 

Eichards, W. T., Pa. Eogers, Mrs. W. B., Bos. 

Eemsen, E. G., New York. Eogers, Prof. F., Phila. 
Eice, Henry A., Boston. Eogers, Maxon, Boston. 
Ehinelander, F..W., N. Y. Eobiuson, Dr. B., N. Y. 



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Starr, Dr. L., Philadelphia. Stout, IVIi-s. A. G., N. Y. 
Sanij)sou Henry, New York. Sauds, IMrs. A. L., N. Y. 
Stokes, A. M., New I'ork. Steadmau Lt. Com. U. S. N. 
Swan, F. C. , New York. Shipley Murray, Cincinnati. 
Schott, Mrs. EUenL., N. Y. Sanford, M. H., New York. 
Shepard, Mrs. E. A,, Prov. Schermerhorn, E. H., N. Y. 
Sellers, WiUiam, Phila. Sherman, W. W., N. Y. 
Schoemaker, B. H., Phila. Slater, J. W., Providence. 
Skinner, Francis L. , Boston. Smith, Kev. Dr. C, N. Y. 
Stevens, J. A. , New York. Simmons, Prof. W. C. , Bos. 
Shields, Prof., Princeton. Sandford, John, New York. 
Stanard, Mrs. M. A., Balti. Sandford, W. C, N. Y. 
Seymour, Mrs. 0. M., N. Y. Smith Kev. J. T. D. D. N. Y. 
Stout, F. A., New York. Smith, B. R. Philadelphia. 
Swift, Mrs. H. W., N. Y. Sturtevant Eugene, Boston. 
Stitt, Seth B . Philadelj)hia . Smith, Henry J . , Provi . 
Stevens, Mrs. P., N. Y. Sigourney Mrs. M. B., Bos. 

Sheldon, Frederic, N. Y. 

T 
Thompson, Frank, Phila . Tooker, Miss Marj^ N. Y. 
Turnure, Lawrence, N. Y. Taylor, Rear Ad., U. S. N. 
Thurlow S. L ., Wilkes. , Pa . Tilton, Samuel G . , Boston. 
Tefft, W. E., New York. Thorn, W. K., New York. 
Towusend, Mrs. I., N. Y. Tailer, Mrs. Henry A. , N. Y. 



TO NEWPORT. 

TiUiughast, W. M., N. Y. Travers, W. R., New York. 
Thurber, F . B . , N . Y . Tyler, George F . , Pliila . 
Townsend, Geu. F.,AJbany. Tennant, D. B., Petbg., Va. 
Tyler, Sidney F., Boston. Thayer, Nathaniel, Boston. 
Ticknor, Mrs. George, Bos. Torrance Daniel, New York. 
Terry, Rev. R. , Peeksldll. Thorndike Mrs. G. H. , N. Y. 
Tooker, G. M., New York. Taylor, H. A. C, N. Y. 

V 

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, N. Y. Van Brunt, Mrs., Brooklyn. 

Van Rensselaer, Mrs., N. Y. Van Alen, J. J., New York. 

Vanderbilt, W. K., N. Y. 

V\/ 
Wilde, Miss E. G., Boston. Winans, Ross R., Baltimore. 
Weir, Dr. R. F., New York. Wilson, Mrs. H. C, N. Y. 
Weston, Mrs. F. A., N. Y. Wright, H. A.. New York. 
Ware, W. R., Boston. WhitehouseW. F., Chicago. 

Wales, George W., Boston. Worden, Rear Ad., U. S. N. 
Ware, F. M., Boston. Weld, W. G., Boston. 

Watson, Dr. W. A., N. Y. Whipple, John, New York. 
Whiting, Mrs. S. S., N. Y. WiUoughby, H. L., Phila. 
Whiting, Augustus, N. Y. Witherbee, Silas H., N. Y. 
Wilson, Prof. J. H., N. Y. Willard, E. W., Chicago. 
Winn, Mrs. A. E., Phila. Wetmore, G. P., N. Y. 
Wolfe, Miss C . L . , N . Y . Wharton, Joseph L. , Phila. 
Willing, R. L., Phila. Wharton, C. W., Phila. 



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Wheeler, Charles, Pliila. Wharton, Job, Philadelphia. 
Wan-en, G. H., New York. Webster, Sidney, New York. 
Weld, Mrs. W. F., Boston. Watson, C. W., New York. 
Winthrop, E. L., Boston. Wheatland, S. G., Lowell. 
Woodworth Mrs. A. P. N. Y. Wise, Mrs. J. C. 
Winthrop, B. C. , New York. 

Y 

Yardley, Mrs. Jane, Phila, 



TO NEWPORT. 105 

'^CHAPTER XIV. 

AMUSEMENTS. 

The question of providing amusements for the large 
number of visitors to Newport, is one of no little moment, 
although as a rule the visitors are in a cheerful mood, and 
thus easily pleased. Unlike an inland resort, the water is 
evet a source of both interest and amusement to a great 
many visitors; the very poetry of nature is in every league 
and rod of the sea-shore; and multitudes with the spii-it 
of poetry in their souls come annually to enjoy its mag- 
nificence and beauty, while other multitudes, destitute 
of this great and never-failing source of pleasure, come 
to imitate them. The breakers roll in as they have ever 
done with long undulating sweeps, the small boats go 
dancing by, the more stately yacht rides at anchor, while 
on the extreme verge of the horizon, the steamers and 
coasters that flit from port to port are lost almost as 
soon as descried in the hazy atmosphere of the offing. 
Crowds enjoy the sight daily and never tire of it. Mono- 
tonous as the sea may be whilst on its bosom, the view of 
it from the shore is ever fresh and delightful; then the 
beaches with their swarms of bathers in all the colors of 
the rainbow, is a never-failing source of amusement. 
The pleasure excursions in the harbor and further out in 
the bay with all the facihties for fishing, then the aquatic 



106 LEE'S GUIDE 

sports of the season are a never-ending soiu'ce of enjoy- 
ment On the land there is abundance of amusement... At 

Fort Adams the regular band discourses music for all 
who care to hear them; there are walks and drives which 
will afford amusement to the most fastidious, and more 
especially the afternoon diive on Bellevue Avenue. For 
persons fond of skating there is the 

Olympian Skating Rink, near the Ocean House on 
Bellevue Avenue; for out-door amusements there is the 

Westchester Polo Grounds at the end of Thames 
Street, where matches at polo, base ball etc. , take places 
Newport is scarcely ever without some special attraction 
in the amusement line; the 

Opera House on Washington Square is in all respect, 
a first-class hall, seats 1,000 persons, has parquette, 
gallery, orchestra, four proscenium boxes, three stage 
traps, ample di-essing-rooms, and a complete outfit o^ 
first-class scenery. The stage is 55x45 feet, is on a level 
with the street, and has side doors leading to the same* 
and is often the scene during the season, of some comedy 
or di-amatic representation. Then some of the large 
hotels have a regularly engaged band which discoiu'ses 
music for its patrons morning and evening ; then the 

The Casino Buildings are located on Bellevue Avenue, 
near the Ocean House. The fu'st floor is used for stores. 



TO NEWPORT. 107 

The upper part is occupied by the Casino Chib. The 
first story is built of Philadelphia pressed brick, with 
blue-stone binders. The general roof consists of a 
gable running the entire length of the building, with 
three gables intersecting from the avenuethere is also a 
loygi, or lookout on the front. 

The main entrance to the casino grounds is through a 
low, three-centered arch. The hall is wainscoted six 
feet from the floor, while the floor is of brick and Marble. 
To the right of the entrance is ticket office, and to the 
left the committee-room. Straight ahead you pass into 
the court. On the landing of the stairs is a large and 
elaborate mulHoned window. A Dutch tower is on the 
east side of the building fronting the court, which is pro- 
vided with a unique clock. The court is a attractive 
place, it being beautifully laid out in flower-beds. A 
fountain is in the centre. To the left of the court is the 
cafe and restaurant, and in front, and right ahead, are the 
piazzas, eighteen feet wide. To the left, through semi- 
circular piazzas is the cafe and restaurant. The kitchen 
and kitchen offices are on the second floor, while the 
private dining-rooms, retiring-rooms, etc., are on the first 
floor. The rooms on the second floor fall back from the 
line of the first floor, and the roof is carried on an arcade 
of posts, with a balcony on the front. From the cafe and 



108 LEE'S GUIDE 

restaurant there extends 500 feet of piazza, which forms 
the remainder of the court. Part of this piazza is a semi- 
circle with a radius of about fifty feet. The east end of 
the enclosure is bounded by a two-story piazza, twenty 
feet wide, and extends north and south, taking in the 
entire width of the lot. Behind this, on the south, is the 
tennis court, and on the north, the theatre building, 
which will seat 500 persons. The gallery of the tennis 
court is connected with the piazzas referred to, and from 
which one can witness the game. A bowhng-alley is also 
at the end of the lot, which runs from Bellevue Avenue 
clear to Freebody Street. Nothing is lacking to make 
the enterprise a great social and pecuniary success. 
The furniture, trimmings, etc. , are elegant. Plate-glass, 
small leaden windows, and, in fact, everything that 
would make the buildings appear in the old colonial style 
of architecture, has been adopted. Its colonial features 
are very interesting, and will attract no little attention. 
The Casino was constructed by James Gordon Bennett, 
and at first was owned exclusively by him. In Sei:)tem- 
ber, 1880, it was sold to an association, incorporated a 
short time previous under the laws of the State, and 
known as the "Newport Casino." The capital stock at 
present is $200,000, which is divided into shares of the 
par value of $500 each. Mr. Bennett is the largest 



TO NEWPOET. 109 

sockholder. Stockholders are members of the associat- 
ion, and are entitled to all privileges. By compliance, 
with certain conditions, and the payment of certain sums 
of money, non-stockholders are also admitted to the privi- 
leges of the Casino. The greater part of the main 
building is reserved for the exclusive use of the stock- 
holders and subscribers, while the pubHc is admitted to 
the grounds during the season, on the occasion of band 
concerts or other public entertainments, by the payment 
of a small admission fee. In addition there is the 

Hop. Dancing is of course a very important item 
in Newport's catalogue of amusements. The guest 
dines and sups at ease and leisure, and when the 
diurnal lioiu* arrives for the salutatory devotions of 
the evening, he or she steals a glance at the ap]jroving 
mirror, calls the conquering smile to the lips, j)oints the 
expectant toe with required grace, and floats at once into 
the elysian maze. 

The ''Hop," when it reaches the proportions and dig- 
nity of a ball, is an occasional and more elaborate mystery, 
the toilet becomes a matter of life and death, and to the 
utter forgetfulness of the price of gold. The order of the 
dancing and the programme of the orchestra are solemnly 
considered and formally announced; and last, though not 
least, agreeable refreshments are j)rovided for the sus- 
tenance of the exhausted devotees. 



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At uo other watering place in the Uuited States, are 
there such a round of festivities as are to be found at 
Newj)ort; receptions, dinner, and garden parties, on a 
most elaborate scale, follow in rapid succession. 



CHAPTER XV. 

COMMERCIAL FEATURES. 

Newport cannot even by a stretch of imagination, be 
called a manufacturing town; it has only two mills, the 
Perry and Aquidneck, both of which are engaged in the 
manufacture of cotton cloths ; outside of these, and a 
business of a general character. Its special avocation, 
is the entertainment of its vast number of visitors. 
This is a business of vast proportions, for the people 
who visit Newport are wealthy, and not only can they 
afford, but they are willing to pay liberally for either 
goods or services; hence the entertainment of its visitors 
may be named as the special commercial feature of New- 
port, for nearly every one either dii*ectly or indirectly, is 
interested in this branch of business, and be the season 
a good one or only moderate they ai-e all benefited to a 
greater or less extent. 



TO NEWPOET. Ill 

The Hotel interest is a very large one, and the amount 
mvested in this branch alone runs into the milUons. 

The Boarding-House business, both pubhc and private, 
is quite a commercial feature, and a great many of the 
more resj^ected citizens are engaged in it; probably all 
told the boarding-houses can and do accommodate as 
many guests as the hotels. Newport, however, is not 
lacking in other business interests; its Hvery business is a 
large one; its news rooms and book stores are equal to 
many city estabUshments. Its real estate transactions 
are a very important feature. Some of its dry-goods stores 
would be a credit to New York or Boston. Taking its 
shopi3ing facilities altogether, no visitor need be afraid 
but that he or she can empty even a weU-filled purse, and 
get good value for their money in scores of good stores in 
Thames Street and other parts of Newport. 



114 LEE'S GUIDE 



CHAPTER XYI. 

NEWSPAPERS. 

The Newport Mercury is the oldest newspaper in the 
United States. It was first issued by James Frankhn on 
the 12th of June, 1758 (James Franklin was the neph'ew 
of the celebrated Dr. Benjamin Franklin), subsequently 
by Samuel Hall who married Miss Franklin; by him it 
was transferred to Solomon Southwick, who published it 
until 1776, when NewjDort fell into the hands of the British, 
To prevent his presses and tyj^je from being detroyed. 
Southwick secretly buried them in a garden; this fact was 
however, made known to the British Commander, and he 
had them unearthed, and during the three years occupa- 
tion, a paper was issued regularly in the interests of His 
Majesty, called the Rhode Island Gazette, cojjies can 
now be seen in the Redwood Library. After the evacu- 
ation the Mercury was purchased b^^ Henry Barber who 
issued his fii'st number January 1st 1780; it remained in 
the Barber family for eighty years; it is now owned and 
published by John P. Saliborn, at 272 Thames Street. 
Terms, $2 per annum. 



TO NEWPOET. 115 

The Rhode Island Gazette, was the name of a sheet 
issued by James Frankhu, elder brother of Dr. Franklin, 
in 1732. This so called newspaper was the first printed 
in Newport, and was the size of an ordinary sheet of note 
paper; he died however, in the course of two or three 
years, and the paper was discontinued. 

The Newport Daily Neivs was the first daily paper 
]3ublished in Newx3ort, and has outlived many competitors 
which have from time to time been estabhshed. It was 
first issued on the 4tli of May, 1846. It is now published 
every afternoon, by Davis & Pitman, at 207 Thames Street. 
Terms, $6 per annum. 

The Newport Journal is published every Saturday 
morning by Davis & Pitman, at 207 Thames Street. 
Terms, $2 per annum. 



CHAPTEE XVII. 

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 
BANKS. 

All Open daily from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
Aquidneck National Bank, 284 Thames Street. 
First National Bank, 231 Thames Street. 
Merchants' Bank, 223 Thames Street. 
National Bank of Ehode Island, 303 Thames Street. 



116 LEE'S GUIDE 

New England Commercial Bank, 263 Thames Street. 
Union National Bank, 260 Thames Street. 
National Exchange Bank, 38 Washington Square. 
Newport Natitmal Bank, 8 Washington Sqnaie. 
Charity Organization Society, Office, 8 Church Street, 
City Hall is at the head of Long Whaii and comer of 

Thames Street. 
Continental Steamboat Co.'s Steamboats amve at and 

depart from Commercial Wharf. 
Coui'ts. Supreme, Common Pleas, Probate, and District 

meet in the State House. 
Custom House, Thames Street corner Franklin. 

EXPEESS OFFICES. 

Adams Express Company, Thames Street, comer of 

Pelliam. 
Ne^^ort Transfer Company, Travers Block, Bellevue 

avenue. 
New York and Boston Despatch Express Company, 175 

Thames street. 
Grand Army of the Republic meet in Harmony Hall, 

172 Thames Street. 
Harvard Club, 58 Washington Street. 
Historical Society, Cabinet and Library in the Redwood 

Library Building. 
Home for Friendless Childi-en, 24 School Street. 



TO NEWPORT. 117 

Newi3ort Hospital, 16 Howard Street 

Island Cemetery, on Warren Street 

Knights of Honor meet at Odd Fellows Hall, Washington 
Square 

Masonic Lodges, of which there are several, meet in the 
Mason's Hall, School Street corner of Church 

Medical Society, Secretary Dr W McKim, 106 Touro 
Street 

Natural History Society, Cax3tain John A, Judson, Sec- 
retary, 22 Bellevue Avenue 

Odd Fellows meet in the Odd Fellows Hall, Washington 
Square 

Newi3ort Opera House, adjoins Perry House in Washing- 
ton Square 

People's Library, 260 Thames Street 

Post Office, 202 Thames Street, corner of Franklin 

Protection of Animals, office 148 Bellevue Avenue 

Railroad Depot, the Depot of the old Colonly railroad, is 

at West Marlborough Street, near Thames 
Reading Room, 29 Bellevue Avenue, corner Redwood 

Street 
Redwood Library and Atheneaum, Bellevue Avenue 

corner Redwood Street 
School (High) Rogers, Church Street 
Schools (Grammar) in Clarke, Mill and Elm Streets also 

in Cranston Avenue 



118 LEE'S GUIDE 

State House, is in "Washington Square 

Steamboat Landing, the steamboat landing of the old 
Colony Steamboat Company, is at the pier end of 
Long Wharf 

Steamboat Landing, the boats of the ewport and Wick- 
ford Raih'oad and Steamboat Company, arrive at 
and depart from Commercial Wliarf 

TELEGEAPH OFFICES 

Mutual Union TelegTaph Company, 175 Thames Street 

(Branch, 4 Travers Block, Bellevue avenue ) 
Western Union Telegraph Company, Thames Street, near 

Franklin street (^Branches at Ocean House and 

Perry House) 
Temperance Societies, meet in the Temperance Hall, 45 

Spring street 
Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, corner Thame 

and Church Street 



CHAPTER X^aiT. 

AVENUE AND STREET GUIDE. 

Allan's Court, 36 Spring 

Almy, Bliss Road 

Annandale Road, Narragansett Avenue to Bath Road 



TO NEWPORT. 119 

Ann Street, Thames to Spring 
Anthony, Bowery to Pope 
Appleby Avenue, Farewell to Green Lane 
Arnold, Broadway to Summer 
Atkinson Court, 168 Thames Street 
Ayrault, Broadway to Catherine 

Bachelder's Court, 479 Spring 

Bancroft Avenue, Belle vue Avenue to Coggeshall Avenues 

Barney, Spring to Wliitfield Court 

Bateman Avenue, Carroll Avenue to Coggeshall Avenue 

Bateman Avenue, Ocean Avenue to Winans Avenue 

Bath Road, Bellevue Avenue to Easton's Beach 

Battery, Third to the Bay 

Bay View Avenue, Warner to Broadway 

Beach, Bellevue Avenue to Rhode Island Avenue 

Beach View Avenue, Mile Corner to Green End 

Beacon, Hillside Avenue to Main Road 

Bedlow Avenue, Broadway to Malbone Avenue 

Bellevue Avenue, Touro to Ocean Avenue 

Bellevue Court, Bellevue Avenue near Perry 

Berkeley, Rhode Island Avenue to Cranston 

Berkeley Avenne, Bellevue Avenue to Annandale Road 

Berkeley, Welhngton Avenue, South 

Bliss Mine Road, Bliss Road to Water Works 

BHss Road, Broadway to Indian Avenue 



120 LEE'S GUIDE 

Boss Court, Welliugtou Avenue 

Bowery, Spring to Annauclale Road 

Bradford Road, Butler to DeWolf 

Branch, Broadway to West Broadway 

Brenton Aveniie, Ocean Avenue to Castle Hill Avenue 

Brentou, Thames to Spring 

Brewer, Thames to Spring 

Bridge, Thames to Washington 

Brinley, Kay to Catherine 

Broadway, Washington Square to City Limits 

Buena Vista, Rhode Island Avenue to Channing Avenue 

Bull, Broadway to Kay 

Bnrnside Avenue, Warner to West Broadway 

Butler, Gibbs to Rutgers 

Byrnes Court, Lee Avenue to Thames 

Caleb Earl, Broadway to West Broadway 
Callender Avenue, Warner to West Broadway 
Cannon, Thames to Spring 
Carroll Avenue, Thames to Ocean Avenue 

Castle Hill Avenue, Ocean Avenue to Hai'rison Avenue 
Catherine, Bellevue Avenue to Channing Avenue 
Central Com-t, 12 Bull Street 
Channing Avenue, Kay to Bath Road 
Channing, Hall Avenue to Malbone Avenue 
Charles, Washington Square to North Baptist 



TO NEWPORT. 121 

Cherry, Third to the Bay 

Chestnut, Third to the Bay 

Church, Thames to Bellevue Avenue 

Clarendon, Bellevue Avenue to State 

Clarke, Washington Square to Mary 

Clay, Narragansett Avenue to Dixon 

Cliff Avenue, Bath Eoad to Sea View Avenue 

Clinton Avenue, Warner to Broadway 

Coddington Avenue, Malbone Avenue to Sunset Avenue 

Coddington, Thames to Farewell 

Coggeshall Avenue, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 

Collins, Broadway to West Broadway 

Collins Avenue, Bliss Road to Beach View Avenue 

Commercial Wharf, foot Franklin 

Connection, Thames to Wilbar Avenue 

Corne, Mill to Prospect Hill 

Cottage, Beach to Catharine 

Cottage Place, from Beach Street, South 

Cotton's Court, 124 Thames 

Covell, Farewell to Edward 

Cranston Avenue, Broadway to Kay 

Cranston, Broadway to Cranston Avenue 

Cross, Bridge to Poplar 

Davis Court, Callendar Avenue to Bumside Avenue 
Deblois Court, Bellevue Avenue to State 



122 LEE'S GUIDE 

Dearborn, Thames to Spring 
Deblois Avenue, Kay to Catharine 
Dennison, Thames to Spring 
DeWolf, Hall Avenue to Eutgers 
Division, Mill to Touro 
Dixon, Thames to Bellevue Avenue 
Downing, Bellevue Avenue to State 
Duke, Washington Square to Marlborough 

East, Pope Street, South 
Edgar Court, Bath Koad 
Edward, Broadway to White 
Elizabeth, North from Catharine 
Elm, Cross Street to the Bay 
Evarts, Hall Avenue to Butler. 
Everett Place, Southeast from Kay. 
Extension, Thames Street, East. 

Fair, Thames to Spring. 

Farewell, Broadway to Long Lane. 

Fillmore, Wellington Avenue to Harrison Avenue. 

Fillmore Court, East from Brinley. 

Fii', Catharine to Beach. 

Fountain, Spring to Anthony. 

Francis, Ayi'ault to Ehode Island Avenue. 

Franklin, Thames to Spring. 

Frank, Thames to Spring. 



TO NEWPORT. 123 

Freebody, Bowery to Bath Road. 
Friend, Edward to Green Lane. 
Friendship, Broadway to Gibbs Avenue. 

George, Pelham to Mill. 

Gibbs Avenue, Bath Road to Broadway. 

Gibbs, Malbone Avenue to Long Lane. 

G-olden Hill, Spring to Thomas. 

Gidley, Thames to Spring. 

Gordon, Bellevue Avenue to Coggeshall Avenue. 

Gould Court, East from Broadway. 

Gould, Warner to Broadwa}^ 

Grafton, Thames Street, West. 

Grant Court, Perry Street, North. 

Greene Avenue, Hall Avenue to Malbone Avenue. 

Green Lane, Warner to West Broadway. 

Greenough Place, Beach to Ayrault. 

Green, Thames to Spring 

Gurney Court, North from Cherry 

Hall Avenue, Warner to DeWolf 

Halsey, Gibbs to Rutgers 

Hammond, Thames to Spring 

Harrison Avenue, Ocean Ayenue to Old Fort Road 

Hayden Court, Bath Road 

Hazard Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Coggeshall Avenue. 

Heath Court, Spruce Street 



124 LEE'S GUIDE 

High, Church to Touro 

Hillside Avenue, Becllow Aveuue to Suuset Avenue 
Holland, Thames to Spring 
Homer, Gibbs to Rutgers 

Houston Avenue Wellington Avenue to Connection Street 
Howard Avenue, Broadway to Kay- 
Howard, Thames to Sirring 
Hozier, Park Place to Spring 

John, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 

Johnson Court, S^Druce Street 

Jones Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to King 

Kay, Touro to Channing Avenue 

Eolbum Court, Broadway 

King, WiUiam to Bowery 

King, Wellington Avenue to Old Fort Road 

Lawi-ence Avenue, Webster to Marine Avenue 

Ledge Road, Bellevue Avenue to Boat House 

Lee Avenue, Thames to Spring 

Leroy Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Ochre Point Avenue 

Leroy Place, Parker Avenue to Bowery 

Levin, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 

Lincoln, Rhode Island Avenue to Cranston Avenue 

Linden Place, East from Lincoln Street 

Long Lane, Farewell Street, North 



TO NEWPOET. 125 

Long Wliarf, Thames to the Harbor 

Madison Place, South from Walnut 

McAllister Court, Spring near Dixon 

Maher Court, Sirring near Wheatland Avenue 

Maitland Court, Thii'd Street, East 

Malbone Avenue, Broadway to Coddington Avenue 

Maun Avenue, Broadway to Kay 

Marlborough, Thames to Broadway 

Marine Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Lawrence Avenue 

Marsh's Court, Thames Street 

Marsh, Third to Washington 

Martin, John to Prospect HiQ 

Mary, Thames to Touro 

Meeting, Washington Square to Marlborough 

Melville Court, Thames Street 

Miantonomi Avenue, Broadway to Hillside Avenue 

Miantonomi Place, North from Malbone Avenue 

Middleton, Dixon to Bath Road 

Milburn Court, Thames Street 

Mill, Thames to Bellevue Avenue 

Mount Vernon Avenue, Mount Vernon Street 

Mount Vernon, Touro to Bull Street 

Narragansett Avenue, Thames to Cliffs 
New, Broadway to Malbone Avenue 
Newport Avenue, Warner to Broadway 



126 , LEE'S GUIDE 

Norman, Kedwood Avenue to Water Works 
Nortli Baptist, Thames to Farewell 
North Kay, Kay to Bliss Road 

Oak, Broadway to West Broadway 

Ocean Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Castle Hill Avenue 

Ochre Point Avenue, Narragansett Avenue, to Buggies 

Avenue 
Old Fort Road, Brenton to King 

Park Place, Touro to Broadway 

Park, Broadway to Gould 

Parker Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Annandale Road 

Pelham, Thames to Bellevue Avenue 

Perry, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 

Pine, Third Street to the Bay 

Pleasant, Warner to Broadway 

Pond Avenue, Warner to West Broadway 

Pope, Thames to East 

Poplai', Farewell to the Bay 

Potter, Thames Street, West 

Prospect Hall Road, Gibbs to Rutgers 

Price Neck Avenue, Ocean Avenue to Harrison Avenue 

Prison, Washington Square to River Lane 

Prospect Hill, Thames to Bellevue Avenue 

Redwood Avenue, Kay to Catharine 
Redwood Place, Spring near Pope 



TO NEWPOET. 127 

Redwood, Belleviie Avenue to Cottage 
Retirement Road, Middleton to Cliff Avenue 
Red Cross Avenue, Bath Road to Beach. Street 
Rhode Island Avenue, Broadway to Bath Road • 
River Lane, Charles to Marlborough 
Ruggles Avenue, CaiToll Avenue to Ochre Point 

Sanford, Thames to Farewell 

School, Church to Touro 

Seaview Avenue, CUff Avenue to Cliffs 

Second, Marsh to Battery 

Sharon, Thames Street, West 

Sheffield Avenue, Hall Avenue to Malbone Avenue 

Shepard Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Chffs 

Sherman Court, Thames Street 

Sherman, Spring to Mount Vernon 

Simmons, west from Thames Street 

South Baptist, Thames Street, East 

Spring, Broadway to Coggeshall Avenue 

Southmayd, Hall Avenue to Butler 

Spruce Court, Spruce Street 

Spruce, Vicksburg Place to West Broadway 

State, Beach Clarendon Court 

Stockholm, Thames Street, west 

Stone, Broadway to Spring 

Summer, Malbone Avenue to Broadway 



128 LEE'S GUIDE 

Sunnyside Court, East of Third Street 
Sunnyside Place, South of Beach 
Sunset Avenue, Main Road to the Bay 

Tew's Court, Beach Street, South 

Thames, Farewell to Brenton 

Third, Marsh north to Newport Asylum 

Thomas, Golded Hill to John Street 

Tilley Avenue, Gibbs, South 

Touro Court, Washington Square, South 

Toui-o, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 

Underwood Court, Thames, East 

Vernon Avenue, Broadway to Bliss Road 

Vicksburg Place, Spruce to Gibbs 

Victoria Coui't, Coggeshall Avenue to Lawi-ence Avenue 

Walnut, Farewell to the Bay 

Wanton, Coddington to North Baptist 

Ward Avenue, Clay to Annandale Road 

Warner, Farewell to Malbone Avenue 

Washington Square, Thames to State House 

Washington, Long Whai-f, North 

Weaver Avenue, Freebody to Annandale Road 

Webster, Thames to Cliffs 

Wellington Avenue, Thames to FiDmore 

TFest, Pope to Perry Street 



TO NEWPORT. 129 

Wetmore Avenue, Shepard Avenue to Marine Avenue 
Wheatland Avenue, Bellevue Avenue to Coggeshall 

Avenue 
White, Farewell to Green Lane 
Wliitfield Court, Touro, North 

•Wilbar Avenue, Wellington Avenue to Connecton Street 
William, Spring to Bellevue Avenue 
Willow Court, Thames near Pope 
Willow, across Third to the Bay 
Winans Avenue, Harrison Avenue to Ocean Avenue 

Young, Thames to Spring 

Yznaga Avenue, Bellevue Avenue, East 



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OFFICE HOURS, 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. Sundays, 7 to 9 a. m. 
Money Order and Registry Dep. open from 8 a. m. to 7.30 p. fh. 
Lobby open from 6 a. m. to 9 p. m, Sundays, 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. 



CLOSE. TV/rATT*^ OPEN. 

a. m. p. m. XVX -^rr^ X a_vV^ . a. m. p. m. 

6.40, 11.30 9.00 New York and Southern.. . .7.00, 3-oo, 8.00 

(Boston, Eastern and) , 

7.00. 11.30.. 2.30. 9.00.. I Western States. | •••7-°°' ".30..3.00, 6.30 

'6.40, 11.30. ^2,30, 9.00 Providence, R. 1 7-oo, 10.15. .3.00, 6.3a 

/ Fall River, Mass. > , 

7.00, --^-So. 9-oo..|p^^^^,g^jf^;j^j^I^^^f ..11.30, ..6.30, 

6.40, ..9.00, Taunton, Mass 7-oo, ••3-30, 

11.00 .Jamestown, R. 1 2.30, 

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short notice, and in a superior manner. 

JOHN P. SANBORN, 

PROPRIETOR, 

272 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 



ATWATER HOUSE, 

292 A: 294 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 



Boarders taken at reasonable rates, also Furnished Rooms and Lodgings. 

Bar connected with House, where the best of Ales, Wines, Liquors, 

and Cigars can be had. Billiard Table, &c., &c. 



HAMMOND HOUSE. 
CAKK AND RKSXAURANT 

ALSO MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN 

Confectionery, Ice Cream, Cake, Cigars, &c. 
146, 148 & 150 Bellevue Ayeiiue, Newport, R. I. 

PARK HOUSK, 

NA/ASHINQTON SG^., NENA/PORT, R. I. 

RIGHT HAND OF STATE HOUSE. 

The pleasantest location in Newport. Special rates made with commercial 
travelers. Board by Day and Week at Low Rates. Strictly First Class. 

MRS. WM. ALDERSON, Proprietor. 

NO LIQUORS SOLD ON THE PREMISES. DINNERS, 50 CENTS. 

ADAIVIS HOUSE, 

Permanent & Transient Boarding, 

BY DAY OR WEEK, 

291 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 



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PELHAM STREET, 



NEV/F*OK.T, R. I. 



STEAM HEAT. 



L. F. ATTLETON, Proprietor. 



BANKERS' AND MERCHANTS' TELEGRAPH. 



OIIIEII SfilES HO'fl 



11 

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Corner Thames and Peiham Streets, Newport, R. 
H. F. BARNARD, Proprietor. 



OPEN THE YEAR ROUND. 



l^~Special Rates to Commercial Travelers and for Table Board. 



Bateman's Point. 

A SELECT FAMILY 

BOARDING HOUSE, 

OVERLOOKING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND NEWPORT HARBOR, 
SKTM BATKlVtAN, Prop'r. 



ANNANDALE HOUSE, 

Permanent & Transient [hoarding, 

33 annandale: road, 

Near Bath Road and Five Minutes Walk to Bathing Beach. 

HARRY LAWRENCE, Proprietor. 



IVLrs. NIARY JANKS, 

Bath Road corner Middleton Avenue, Newport, R. I. 



Open all Year. Terms Reasonable. 



CHEswKivL house:, 

NO. 22 PROSPECT HILL STREET, 

SECOND STREET MORTH OF I'OST OFFICE. 

FIRST-CLASS ROOMS 

WITH OR WITHOUT BOARD. 

Meals at all Hours. Terms Reasonable. 

CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, Prop'r. 

COPELAND'S 

mwM HOUSE m dining rook, 

Meals at all Hours. Open Every Day in the Week. Terms Reasonable. 

F^. G. COF^EIvAND, Proprietor. 
434 & 436 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 



KAY STREET HOUSE 

^o. 15 Kay Street, l^ewport, R. I. 



First-Class Accommodations can be had at the above well-known House 
at Reasonable Rates. Open from June ist to October ist. 

Mrs. JOSEPH BATEMAN. 

SHERMAN HOUS E, 

THOMAS LEWIN, Proprietor. 

105 ThLaimes Street, Ne^vvport, R. I, 

Enlarged and Improved. Location second to none in the city, being 

in a quiet and respectable neighborhood, and yet but a moment's 

walk to the Post Office. Table Board, First Class. 

The best Facilities for Transient Trade. 

PETER McLEAN, 

PRIVATE BOA.RDINO, 

Corner Spring Street and Narragansett Avenue, 

NEWPORT, R. I. 

Terms Reasonable. Open from June to November. 

285 Tliaiues Street, :Xewport, R. I. 

SAMUEL POLLITT, 

Proprietor. 

Permanent and Transient Boarders at Reasonable Rates. 
Near Wickford Landing. 



PRIVATE BOARDING. 

No. 9 Touro Court, 

Off Washington Square, NEWPORT, R. I. 

Mrs. L. E. BARNES, Prop'r. 

Open All Year. Terms Reasonable. 



■PRIVATE BOARDING, 

11 DUKE STREET, 

Near Washington Square, NEWPORT, R. I. 

JACOB T. OVE, Proprietor. 
TERMS REASONABLE. 

14 CATHERINE STREET NEWPORT R. I. 



STRICTLYFIRSTCLASSBOARDINGHOUSE 

Mme. M. J. ROBINSON, Prop'r. 

open A.11 Year. 



Mrs. HONORA CAREY, 

PRIVATE BOARDING, 
No. i6 Mill Street, Newport, R. I. 

Open All Year. Terms Reasohablc. 



FIRST-CLASS FAMILY BOARDING HOUSE 



22 Catherine Street, Newport, R. I. 

Mrs. M. A. AI>AMS, Proprietor. 

Permanent & Transient Boarding, 

28 East Bowery, Newport, R. I. 
JOHI^ F. CARROL.I., Prop'r. 

Terms Reasonable. Bar Connected with the House, also Victoria to Rent. 



PRIVATE BOARDINQ. 

32 Washington Square, Newport, R. I. 

Mrs. H. S. Clarkj Proprietor. 

Open All Year. Terms Reasonable. 

THOMAS REGAN, 

PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT 

BOARDINO HOUSE, 

37 Young Street, Newport, R. I. 

Open all Year. Terms ReasonabU. 



MRS. M. J. MURRAY, 

PRIVATE BOARDING, 

TERMS REASONABLE. 

:^o. 48 East Bowery, IVewport, R. I. 

Furnished Rooms Open All Year. 

PRIVATE BOARDING. 

54 Bath Road, Newport, R. I. 
NIrs. KLIvEN OE^RAQHTY, Prop'r. 



open all Year. Terms Reasonable. 



65 BATH ROAD, NEWPORT, R. I. 



BOARDING HOUSE 

MRS. MARY DiaaUES, PROP. 

Large Gardens. Near Bathing Beach. , 



IVo. 92 Division Street, 

ALSO 

]Vo. 76 Mill Street, :^ewi>ort, B. I. 

Nlrs. HARRIETT THURSTON, Proprietor. 



KIRST«CLASS 
No. 131 Church Street, 

(Near Bellevue Avenue), Newport, R. I. 

>^. A. -WILBUR, Prop'r. 

Mr. JOHN A. GORTON, 
163 SPRING ST., Corner of Mill St. 

NEWPORT, R. I. 



Good Boarding. Reasonable Rates. 

KURNISHED ROOIMS. 

MRS. J. B. GORDON, 
251 Spring Street, opp. Levin Street, Newport, R, I. 

First-class Furnished Rooms at from $3.50 to $6.00 per week. 

iMRS. RUDOIvRH, 

Permanent & Transient Boarding, 

265 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 

(Opposite United States Hotel.) 

i-if Excellent Location. A few minutes walk from Providence Boats, and 

Wickford Line for New York. Dinner served from 12 to 3 p.m. 



C. H. BORDEN, 

Permanent & Transient Boarding 

BY DAY OR we:kk:, 
4(3 Thames Street, Newport, R. I. 

TERMS REASONABLE. 

B O A R D I N O 

JOHN ^GrASH, 

4-26 THAMES ST., NEWPORT, R. L 

Parties wishing Board can be comfortably accommodated at this House. 



Established 1833. 

ROBERT W. GOFFE, 

EASTOrS BEACH BATHING HOUSES. 

Look For the Blue Houses. 

Nine Ticl^ets for Ome Dollar. 

Dress and Ticket, 20 cents, Single Tickets, 13 cents. 



PAUL. NIOORK 

Has recently opened a new 

INTELLIGENCE OFFICE, 

— AT— 

No. 68 Spring Street, Newport, M. I. 

And IS prepared to furnish f^rst-class help of all kinds. Also a public waiter. 



Easton'^ B e a c hi 

BATHING HOUSES, 

THOMAS CROSBY, Proprietor. 

The Finest and Safest Beach in Newport. Bathing Suits to Let. 

ELMNA/OOD HALL, 

48 Front St., near Broadway, Saratog^a Spring's, N. Y. 

EIVlORY POTTER, Proprietor. 

Open all the year. Central to Springs. No better location in Saratoga 

Terms during Summer season, $1.50 and $1.25 per day ; 

balance of the year, reduced rates. 

Waverly Hotel, 

NORTH BROAD\A/AY, 

(Near Hilton's Woodiawn Park), Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 

G. C. ROOT, Proprietor. 

A FAMILY RESORT WITH HOME COMFORTS. CENTRAL 
AND CONVENIENT TO ALL THE SPRINGS, HANDSOMELY 
FURNISHED AND RE-FITTED. PLUMBING, VENTILATION 
AND BATHS PERFECT. 

Terms, $10.00 Per Week and Upwards. 

SPECIAL TERMS TO FAMILIES. TRANSIENT GUESTS, 
$2.00 TO $3-50 PER DAY. 



Gpo. H. Buckwell, 

Harp Maker 



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REICH'S HUNGARIAN WINES. 

Henry W. Longfellow, in a letter to Mr. Reich, dated Cambridge, 
January 29, 1882, says : 

" Surely neither King nor Kaiser ever tasted better. It is a 
delicious wine, and has all the health-giving properties attri- 
buted to it by the Medical Faculty. 

" I am, my dear Sir, 

" Yours very truly, 




L. RKICH, 

IMPORTER OF 

Hungarian Wines, 

• STRICTLY FOR MEDICINAL USE, 

As certified to by the most distinguished professors and physicians of the 
country, and daily used and prescribed by th^i as restoratives in cases of 
nervous exhaustion, defective digestion, and imperfect assimi- 
lation. 

These^Wincs are not for sale at any drug-store, nor by wine dealers, 
and can only be obtained at 

Mr. REACH'S OKKICK, 
63 EAST ELEVENTH STREET, near Broadway. 

Circulars and fac-smiiles of certificates of the most prominent and leading 
members of the medical faculty, testifying to the absolute purity and 
great medicinal value of these wines, sent free on application. 



Beware of imposition, as unscrupidous dealers are buying up mj' empty 
bottles. 

L REICH, 63 East Eleventh St., Near Broadway. 

[see over ] 



TANNER'S TRIUMPHANT FAST 

AND WHAT HELPED HIS RECUPERATION. 



READ THE TESTIIMON Y. 

New York, August i6, 1880. 
VIy Dear Mr, Reich : 

Something lies on my conscience, and I must unburden. 

The public is giving me more credit than is my due, and such of it as be- 
ongs to your " Tokayer Ausbruch " I prefer to hand over to your keeping 
vith thanks. • 

I never had the faintest doubt of my ability to undergo the fast, but I did 
xpect no small degree of unpleasantness on the part of my slighted stomach 
m a reimposition of the duties to which nature had assigned it. 

I had resolved to take no stimulant, for, being a temperance man, as 
veW as the most practical of total abstainers, I had girded myself with the 
onviction that the task could be accomplished without any such adjuvant. 
)r. Gunn, however, earnestly advocated the use of your wonderful wine. 

determined to test his assurance, and the result is such as to justify my 
aying almost anything good of that great assimilator and vitalizer of 
;astric functions — your "Tokayer Ausbruch." 

I must say that its effect was surprising. The anticipated mutinies were 
verted, the almost immediate accommodation of the digestive organs to 
heir long suspended duties were noted, and the restoration to a nor- 
mal condition (which I expected would ensue only after a considerable 
axation of time and patience) was rendered immediate by the assimilating 
lualities of your wine. I am sure its excellence is attested by the com- 
parative gain for the four days succeeding my two fasts — from two to three 
)ounds being the rate per diem after the Minneapolis event, and six 
(ounds the percentage for like time since the recent ordeal, which difference 

attribute wholly to the use of your wine. 

For its remaikable potency as a digestor, its utter freedom from intoxi- 
ating effects, its efficiency in aiding the retention of food, its wonderful 
italizing properties and consequent therapeutic value, and its surprising 
.gency in rallying the red globules of the blood, I pronounce it the grandest 
if auxiliaries in the recuperation of exhausted nature ; and whatever I can 
ay to enlarge the area of its usefulness will be said with a confidence of 
lenefiting humanity. 

Very truly yours, 

Jrl. S. T^^NNER, WL. D. 

LliEI(ill,63EaslEliiilli8l.,HrB'w. 

[see over.] 



Mutual Trust Fund Life Association, 

Bennett Building, Corner Fulton & Nassau Sts., N. Y. 

Incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York. 
All Certificates Non-Forfeitable and Incontestable. 

This Association is composed of business andprofessional men, all united 
together on a common- sense plan, by which their families may be provided 
for from want in the day of adversity. 

This Association is purely 7H2ttual. There are no stockholders to absorb 
profits. All surplus is deposited in the Trust Fund. 

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The Expenses of Management are limited to the Admission Fees and 
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Are free from objectionable technicalities, are issued from $1000 to $10,000, 
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a deceased member. 

llt^~The Admission Fee and one year's Annual Dues of $5000 is $30 ; on 
$10,000 it is $50. The Annual Dues after the first year for expenses are $2 
per $1000. -. 

f- Pamphlets explanatory of the system, and all necessary information may 
be had on application by mail, or at the Home Ofifice of the Association, Of 
from its Agents. 

RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED IN THE HEALTHY SECTIONS OF OUR COUNTRY. 
W. J. WALKER, GEO. F. WEEKES, 

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Congress Spring 

THE STANDARD MINERAL WATER 



CAXHAlc'jLiC, AliTERATlVE. A specific for dis- 
order»<uf the STOITIACH, HVER and KIDXEY'S, EC- 
ZEiHA, ITIAL.ARIA and all impurities of tlie BIjOOD. 

QO enviable a name has this famous Mineral Water, that the managers of 

interior mineral springs, desirous of imitating the natural purity of the 
bottled water of Congress Spring, inject a powerful acid in their bottled 
walei to preserve the crude ingredients in solution — being so heavily laden 
with 

LIME AND IRON DEPOSIT. 

With such contrivances, bogus testimonials and doctored analysis cards 
they seek to rival the pure medicinal waters of Congress Spring. 

HE regular season visitors to Saratoga fully understand these crude 



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/act 1VC ca?i produce a great many responsible nanies^ But the Saratoga 
visitors without experience, and many who use the bottled waters (often 
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remember that crude mineral waters produce head-ache, a sense of burning 
and internal irritation, and do irreparable injury to the digestive organs ana 
kidneys. 

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